On some morphological properties of the adjective in Gothic. D l got kalbos būdvard io morfologini ypatybi

The morphology of Gothic, as well as that of other older Germanic languages, has traditionally been analysed in phonological terms, with classifications that reflect earlier stages in the development of Germanic. This paper represents a pioneering attempt at applying the ‘canonical’ approach to the analysis of older Germanic, with a view to producing an adequate synchronic analysis of the morphological properties of the Gothic adjective. It is demonstrated that the traditional separation of strong and weak forms is synchronically unreasonable, and determination represents a non-canonical morphosyntactic feature of the Gothic adjective. Even though the traditional stem-class labels are obsolete from a synchronic point of view, synchronic form variation within Gothic adjective paradigms warrants distinguishing four inflectional classes, a classification which coincides with the traditional philological taxonomy. In addition to inflectional class, Gothic adjectives have been found to have stem indexing and syncretic index features. ------ Got kalbos ir kit sen j german kalb morfologija tradici kai nagrin jama remiantis fonologiniais kriterijais. Tokioje tradicin je form klasifikacijoje atsispindi ankstesnieji german kalb raidos etapai; taigi, toks analiz s metodas – sinchroni kai neaktualus. Siekiant nuosekliai apra yti got kalbos būdvard i morfologinius po ymius sinchroniniu po iūriu, straipsnyje taikomas kanoninis metodas. Pirmiausia pristatoma kanono“ s voka, apibr iamas kanoni kumas fleksij morfologijoje ir pateikiama gryn j morfologini po ymi tipologija. Kanonas, tai – abstrakcija, kuri yra daugelio kanonini kriterij konvergencijos rezultatas. Nustatant kalbos rei kinio kanon , i ple iamos rei kinio teorin s ribos ir sukuriama kanonin erdv , kurioje galima logi kai ir nuosekliai klasifikuoti rei kinio aprai kas. Remiantis kanonine metodologija straipsnyje rodin jama, kad tradicinis stipri j (neapibr t j ) ir silpn j (apibr t j ) būdvard i paradigm atskyrimas yra sinchroni kai nepateisinamas, kadangi determinacijos (apibr tumo/neapibr tumo) kategorija, tai – pilnavert morfosintaksin būdvard i kategorija. Skirtingai nuo skai iaus, linksnio ir gimin s kategorij , determinacija laikytina nekanoni ka. Argumentuojama, kad sinchroniniu po iūriu tradicin būdvard i klasifikacija pagal istorin kamiengal – nebeaktuali, kadangi patys kamiengaliai paradigmose sinchroni kai nebeap iuopiami. Nepaisant to, fleksij sistemoje egzistuojanti leksi kai determinuota form vairov sudaro prielaid i skirti keturias būdvard i klases, kur