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| Based on empirical findings ((Cvrček, V. – Komrsková, Z. – Lukeš, D. – Poukarová, P. – Řehořková, A. – Zasina, A. J. (2018): [[https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cllt.ahead-of-print/cllt-2018-0020/cllt-2018-0020.xml|From extra- to intratextual characteristics: Charting the space of variation in Czech through MDA]]. //Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.//)), it was established that the number of dimensions for Czech MDA would be 8. Each of the dimensions is characterized by several prominent linguistic features which are assigned either positive or negative values on a scale. For each of the dimensions, an all-encompassing name was chosen which reflects the interpretation of both extreme values. | Based on empirical findings ((Cvrček, V. – Komrsková, Z. – Lukeš, D. – Poukarová, P. – Řehořková, A. – Zasina, A. J. (2018): [[https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cllt.ahead-of-print/cllt-2018-0020/cllt-2018-0020.xml|From extra- to intratextual characteristics: Charting the space of variation in Czech through MDA]]. //Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.//)), it was established that the number of dimensions for Czech MDA would be 8. Each of the dimensions is characterized by several prominent linguistic features which are assigned either positive or negative values on a scale. For each of the dimensions, an all-encompassing name was chosen which reflects the interpretation of both extreme values. |
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| ===Dimensions for Czech MDA:=== | ===Dimensions in Czech MDA:=== |
| - dynamic (+) vs. static (−) | - dynamic (+) vs. static (−) |
| - spontaneous (+) vs. prepared (–) | - spontaneous (+) vs. prepared (–) |
| - higher (+) vs. lower (–) degree of cohesion | - higher (+) vs. lower (–) level of cohesion |
| - polythematic (+) vs. monothematic (–) | - polythematic (+) vs. monothematic (–) |
| - higher (+) vs. lower (–) degree of explicit addressability | - higher (+) vs. lower (–) amount of addressee coding |
| - general (+) vs. specific (–) | - general (+) vs. particular (–) |
| - prospective (+) vs. retrospective (–) | - prospective (+) vs. retrospective (–) |
| - attitude (+) vs. factuality (–) | - attitudinal (+) vs. factual (–) |
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| ===Overview of prominent linguistic features=== | ===Overview of prominent linguistic features=== |
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| ^ Dimension ^ Features (+) ^ Features (–) ^|| | ^ Dimension ^ Features (+) ^ Features (–) ^|| |
| | ** dynamic (+) vs. static (–)** | verbal tense – past (0.98)\\ verbs (0.96)\\ finite verbs (0.95)\\ indicative (0.95)\\ verbal aspect (perf.) (0.93)\\ 3rd person pronouns (0.78) | incongurent nominal postmodifiers (-0.79)\\ adjectives (-0.78)\\ abstrakta (-0.72)\\ congruent premodifiers (-0.72)\\ genitive (-0.72)\\ adjective clusters (-0.70) ||| | | ** dynamic (+) vs. static (–)** | verbal tense – past (0.98)\\ verbs (0.96)\\ finite verbs (0.95)\\ indicative (0.95)\\ verbal aspect (perf.) (0.93)\\ 3rd person pronouns (0.78) | incongruent nominal postmodifiers (-0.79)\\ adjectives (-0.78)\\ abstract nouns (-0.72)\\ congruent premodifiers (-0.72)\\ genitive (-0.72)\\ adjective clusters (-0.70) ||| |
| | **spontaneous (+) vs. prepared (–)** | contact expressions (0.97)\\ filler words (0.85)\\ demonstrative pronouns (without "to") (0.82)\\ interjections (0.82)\\ expressive particles (other – the rest from COH2, AMP and DOWN) (0.80)\\ pronoun non-dropping (0.79) | prepositional cases in general (-0.62)\\ clauses with interrogative and relative adverbs (-0.57)\\ prepositions (-0.56)\\ verbal aspect (perf.) (-0.49)\\ nominative + accusative (-0.46)\\ unigrams (zTTR) (-0.46) ||| | | **spontaneous (+) vs. prepared (–)** | contact expressions (0.97)\\ filler words (0.85)\\ demonstrative pronouns (without "to") (0.82)\\ interjections (0.82)\\ expressive particles (other – the rest from COH2, AMP and DOWN) (0.80)\\ pronoun non-dropping (0.79) | prepositional cases in general (-0.62)\\ clauses with interrogative and relative adverbs (-0.57)\\ prepositions (-0.56)\\ verbal aspect (perf.) (-0.49)\\ nominative + accusative (-0.46)\\ unigrams (zTTR) (-0.46) ||| |
| | **higher (+) vs. lower (–) degree of cohesion** | correlatives (0.59)\\ nominal predicate (0.53)\\ relative clauses of the "který" type (0.45)\\ possessive pronouns (0.44)\\ inventory of pronouns (0.44) | numerals (-0.43) ||| | | **higher (+) vs. lower (–) level of cohesion** | correlatives (0.59)\\ nominal predicate (0.53)\\ relative clauses of the "který" type (0.45)\\ possessive pronouns (0.44)\\ inventory of pronouns (0.44) | numerals (-0.43) ||| |
| | **polythematic (+) vs. monothematic (–)** | bigrams (zTTR) (0.76)\\ unigrams (zTTR) (0.70)\\ toponyms (0.37) | thematic concentration (-0.61)\\ Yule's coefficient (-0.49)\\ verbal nouns (-0.45)\\ verbal voice (passive) (-0.42) ||| | | **polythematic (+) vs. monothematic (–)** | bigrams (zTTR) (0.76)\\ unigrams (zTTR) (0.70)\\ toponyms (0.37) | thematic concentration (-0.61)\\ Yule's coefficient (-0.49)\\ verbal nouns (-0.45)\\ verbal voice (passive) (-0.42) ||| |
| | **higher (+) vs. lower (–) degree of explicit addressability** | questions (all) (0.69)\\ verbs in 2nd person (0.66)\\ wh-questions (0.63)\\ 2nd person pronouns (0.62)\\ verbal tense – future (0.53) | average clause length in number of tokens (-0.36)\\ frequent ngrams (-0.30) ||| | | **higher (+) vs. lower (–) amount of addressee coding** | questions (all) (0.69)\\ verbs in 2nd person (0.66)\\ wh-questions (0.63)\\ 2nd person pronouns (0.62)\\ verbal tense – future (0.53) | average clause length in number of tokens (-0.36)\\ frequent ngrams (-0.30) ||| |
| | **general (+) vs. specific (–)** | koordinace (0.58)\\ sémanticky vyprázdněná adjektiva (0.41) | antroponyma (-0.49)\\ numerale (-0.40)\\ časové výrazy (-0.36) ||| | | **general (+) vs. particular (–)** | coordination (0.58)\\ semantically empty adjectives (0.41) | anthroponyms (-0.49)\\ numerals (-0.40)\\ temporal expressions (-0.36) ||| |
| | **prospective (+) vs. retrospective (–)** | slovesný čas – přít. (0.77)\\ slovesný čas – bud. (0.55)\\ jmenný přísudek adj. (0.52)\\ imperativ (0.42)\\ 2. slovesná osoba (0.40) | slovesný čas – min (-0.74)\\ zájmena pro 3. os. (-0.43)\\ přivlastňovací adjektiva (-0.39)\\ vztažné věty typu jenž (-0.36) ||| | | **prospective (+) vs. retrospective (–)** | verbal tense – present (0.77)\\ verbal tense – future (0.55)\\ nominal predicate adj. (0.52)\\ imperative (0.42)\\ verb in 2nd person (0.40) | verbal tense – past (-0.74)\\ 3rd person pronouns (-0.43)\\ possessive adjectives (-0.39)\\ relative clauses of the "jenž" type (-0.36) ||| |
| | **attitude (+) vs. factuality (–)** | částice oslabující význam (downtoners/hedges) (0.68)\\ restriktory (0.63)\\ částice zesilující význam (amplifiers/boosters) (0.57)\\ částice členící text (0.52)\\ adverbia (0.50) | koordinace (-0.33) ||| | | **attitudinal (+) vs. factual (–)** | particles weakening meaning (downtoners/hedges) (0.68)\\ restrictors (0.63)\\ particles strengthening meaning (amplifiers/boosters) (0.57)\\ particles structuring the text (0.52)\\ adverbs (0.50) | coordination (-0.33) ||| |
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