<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper gives a basic characteristic of the methodology and results of quantitative research of the development of noun case homonymy in Slovak and the East Slavonic languages in the comparison with the late Proto-Slavic ground state. The methodology is based on findings in the field of cognitive psychology, according to which a higher degree of ambiguity is linked with a higher level of the interpretative complexity. The paper also includes a proposal of the interpretation of findings of this research, which reveal the operation of principles of positive and negative feedback in the development of the above-mentioned languages morphology. The interpretation is based on the basic assumptions of the natural selection theory, in accordance to which the author proposes to explain the identified trends in the quasi-teleological spirit. The text is inspired by Jakobson's understanding of markedness and language teleonomy.</p></abstract>

The paper gives a basic characteristic of the methodology and results of quantitative research of the development of noun case homonymy in Slovak and the East Slavonic languages in the comparison with the late Proto-Slavic ground state. The methodology is based on findings in the field of cognitive psychology, according to which a higher degree of ambiguity is linked with a higher level of the interpretative complexity. The paper also includes a proposal of the interpretation of findings of this research, which reveal the operation of principles of positive and negative feedback in the development of the above-mentioned languages morphology. The interpretation is based on the basic assumptions of the natural selection theory, in accordance to which the author proposes to explain the identified trends in the quasi-teleological spirit. The text is inspired by Jakobson's understanding of markedness and language teleonomy.

Vývin Miery Substantívnej Pádovej Homonymie Vo Svetle Kváziteleologických Princípov

Filologická fakulta Moskovskej štátnej univerzity M. V. Lomonosova, Moskva

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The paper gives a basic characteristic of the methodology and results of quantitative research of the development of noun case homonymy in Slovak and the East...

Vývin Miery Substantívnej Pádovej Homonymie Vo Svetle Kváziteleologických Princípov

Online veröffentlicht: 13. März 2015

Seitenbereich: 139 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2015-0003

© Jazykovedný ústav Ludovíta Stúra, SAV, Bratislava

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