Abstract:
The article explores the specific qualities of the employment of nouns in the dative case singular in Ivan Franko’s poetry books. It displays the changing dynamics in accordance with the year of book publications. In addition to it the article reveals the alternative forms which the poet employs for several reasons: the absence of definite forms at that time, regional impact and demands in poetry versification. Barely lifetime collections of Ivan Franko’s poetry are taken into consideration, namely “Z vershyn i nyzyn”, (1887,1893), “Ziviale lystia”(1896,1911), “Mii izmarahd” (1898), “Davnie i nove” (1911), “Iz dniv Zhurby” (1900), “Semper tiro” (1906). It allows to perceive Kameniar not only as a creator of literature but also as a founder of a literary language. The article emphasizes on the topicality of the scientific research since morphological peculiarities of the noun forms reflect the epoch of the establishment of the Ukrainian literary language at the end of the 19th –beginning of the 20th century.
