The morphology of pronouns, ajdectives and numbers in the Oblici književne hrvaštine (1865) grammar book by Vinko Pacel
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52580/issn.2232-8556.2024.13.14.124Keywords:
Vinko Pacel, 19th century, Oblici književne baštine, pronouns, adjectives, numbers, Rijeka philological school, Zagreb philologial schoolAbstract
This work analyses the grammatical description of pronouns, adjectives and numbers in the grammar book Oblici književne hrvaštine (1865) written by Vinko Pacel, member of the Rijeka Philological School. When it comes to grammatical categories of variable parts of speech, Pacel distinguishes gender (masculine, feminine and neutrum), numbers (singular, dual and plural) and case (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, instrumental, locative). Pacel didn’t define pronouns, adjectives and number (just like other parts of speech). Pacel categorizes pronouns into three classes based on declension patterns, and into six classes based on meaning. This paper analyses both divisions and the author’s considerations are put in the context of his time. The author distinguishes definite and indefinite adjectives. He claims that definite and indefinite adjectives are distinguished based on declension, meaning and accentuation. He pays special attention to the prosodic difference between examples of definite and indefinite adjectives. This work presents nominal and pronominal-adjective declension. Special attention is paid to the analysis of specificities in declension patterns. The author also briefly explains adjective comparison. Numbers are categorized into nine classes. The author pays attention to the declension of numbers, allowing the declension of numbers following four. Pacel’s grammatical solutions are put in the context of grammatical solutions of the Zagreb Philological School.