http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/100758 Volume 2018 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:49:28 GMT 2026-04-06T15:49:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101965 Les composés relationnels français du type relations parents-enfants Radimský, Jan L’objectif de la présente étude est d’analyser un échantillon représentatif des composés relationnels français du type « relations parents-enfants » extrait du corpus FrWac. Les composés relationnels comportent trois noms selon la structure N1 -N2a-N2b avec, d’une part, une relation subordonnée entre N1 et N2 et, d’autre part, une relation de coordination exocentrique entre N2a et N2b . L’analyse des données a permis de montrer que les composés relationnels français peuvent être décrits selon les mêmes paramètres que les composés relationnels italiens, à savoir : (a) la polyvalence / monovalence du nom-tête (N1 ); (b) la (non) autonomie du modifieur N2a-N2b; (c) le type de la relation subordonnée entre N1 et N2a-N2b; d) la nature de la relation de coordination entre N2a et N2b; et e) le fait que la relation entre N2a et N2b soit orientée ou non. Sur un plan plus général, le cadre de la Morphologie constructionnelle nous a permis d’identifier dans les données trois principales sources qui motivent la création des composés relationnels, à savoir : (a) la nature polyvalente du nom-tête; (b) le recours à la structure binaire itérative avec un modificateur «dvandva»; et (c) la fusion de deux composés binominaux subordonnés en un seul composé relationnel. À notre connaissance, ce dernier type n’a pas été mentionné dans les études précédentes sur le sujet.; This study aims to analyze a representative sample of French relational compounds such as “relations parents-enfants” (“parents-children relationship”) extracted from the FrWac corpus. Relational compounds have been defined as constructions made up of three nouns according to the structure N1 -N2a-N2b with, on the one hand, a subordinative relation between N1 and N2 and, on the other hand, an exocentric coordinative relation between N2a and N2b. The analysis of extensive data from the FrWac corpus made it possible to show that French relational compounds can be described according to the same parameters as Italian relational compounds, namely: (a) the polyvalence / monovalence of the head noun (N1 ); (b) the (non-)autonomy of the modifier N2a-N2b; (c) the type of the subordinate relationship between N1 and N2a-N2b; (d) the nature of the coordinative relationship between N2a and N2b; and (e) the fact whether the relationship between N2a and N2b is oriented or not. On a more general level, the framework of Construction morphology made it possible to identify in the data the following three principal sources which lie behind the creation of the relational compounds: (a) the polyvalent nature of the head noun; (b) the use of the iterative binary structure with a “dvandva” modifier; and (c) the fusion of two binominal subordinate compounds into a single relational compound. To the best of the author’s knowledge, the last type has not been mentioned in previous studies on the topic. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101965 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101964 Intercultural and interdisciplinary variation in the use of epistemic lexical verbs in linguistics and economics research articles Dontcheva-Navratilova, Olga This paper explores rhetorical variation in academic discourse, focusing on the choice and use of epistemic lexical verbs in linguistics and economics research articles written in English by Anglophone and Czech scholars. Drawing on Hyland’s (1998a) taxonomy of epistemic lexical verbs, the contrastive analysis combines quantitative and qualitative methods to consider how rhetorical variation is affected by both the culture of the discipline and the culture of the writer. The investigation is carried out on a specialised corpus comprising 48 research articles (12 per discipline and cultural background) published in international and national (Czech) academic journals. Apart from establishing the frequency of occurrence of judgement and evidential epistemic lexical verbs, the analysis considers the immediate co-text of the target items and the distribution of different types of epistemic lexical verbs across the rhetorical sections of research articles. The results of the investigation indicate that while the lower frequency of use of epistemic lexical verbs in research articles by Czech writers is due to intercultural variation, the preferences towards the use of specific types of epistemic lexical verbs, the clusters they form, and their distribution across the rhetorical sections of research articles seem to reflect both cultural and disciplinary considerations. These findings suggest that culture and discipline seem to govern different aspects of rhetorical choices in academic discourse. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101964 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101963 Pragmatic functions of I in academic discourse: linguistic research articles Raušová, Veronika This study presents comparative research focused on the frequency and usage of the 1st person singular pronoun I in linguistic research articles (RAs) written in English by native speakers of English and native speakers of Czech. Two specialized corpora, together comprising 80 RAs, were compiled for the purposes of this study. The study shows that in comparison to previous research, the use of I gradually increases in RAs of Czech authors but the device is still underused compared to RAs of native English speakers. The underuse is linked to longstanding traditions of Czech academic writing. Moreover, the pragmatic functions of propositions featuring I as an explicit authorial reference in the discourse (Stating opinions and claims, Discourse organisation and guidance, Research process recounting) were linked to the tenets of the Politeness theory, to show benefits and risks of exploiting implications that they carry. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101963 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101962 Epistolary texts in a comparative perspective: the case of readers’ letters in Polish and English Szczygłowska, Tatiana The article presents the genre model of the letter to the press based on a comparative study of 140 Polish and English readers’ letters. The analysis encompasses structural, pragmatic, semantic and stylistic matters. The discussed texts are assigned their place within the letter genre, grouped into different types depending on their propositional content and further characterized as marked by a repertoire of genre signals. Additionally, the controversy over their genre membership (editorials vs. letters) is resolved and they are recognized as genuine research material, notwithstanding some degree of editorial bias involved in the publication process. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101962 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z