K eliptickej univerbizácii v slovenčine (typ krstný otec → krstný)

Abstract

The univerbization realized by an ellipsis is one type of the univerbizative process. One interpretation of this univerbization stems from the theory of lexical motivation - it is a syntactic demotivation in favour of gaining a morphologic motivation, in a process called motivational determination (Olostiak 2011). We will analyse its relation to univerbization realized by derivation (e. g. hovadzie maso - hovadzina; beef). Further we will compare nouns converted from adjectives in adjective-noun connections, which have the status of a free word connection (adj. miestny [obyvatel’ > miestny; citizen; Dokulil 1982) that are not results of univerbization; and nouns converted from adjective-noun connections, which have the status of a lexicalized word connection and are results of univerbization (adj. krstny otec > krstny; god-father), because not every noun converted from an adjective is a result of univerbization. Is the lexicalization of an adjective-noun connection a guarantee that the adjective converted to noun is a result of univerbization? We will contemplate ellipsis and lexicalization in a language, as well as spontaneity and deliberateness.