Nenahýbejte se z okna – úvahy na cestě z Brna do Norimberku
| Title in English | Do not lean out! Some thoughts on a journey from Brno to Nuremberg |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Karlík a továrna na lingvistiku. Prof. Petru Karlíkovi k šedesátým narozeninám |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | directive infinitives; reflexive verbs; infinitive; |
| Description | In this article, I discuss a hitherto unnoticed contrast between Czech and German reflexives. While the Czech reflexive is obligatory in all infinitival contexts, its German equivalent is obligatorily suppressed in contexts with infinitives used as directives. I make an attempt to formally derive this contrast in terms of a filter preventing feature clash between the German reflexive (specified for person and number) and a covert antecedent (specified for person but not for number). The main result of the discussion is that third person cannot be treated as redundant or simple default. |