A r t i c l e s

KRUPA, Viktor: Remarks on Creativity in Language, p. 11
RÁCOVÁ, Anna: Analogical Nomination in Bengali, p. 19
DROZDÍK, Ladislav: Word-Class Shifts of Multiword Units in the Lexicon of Modern Written Arabic, p. 27
GÁLIK, Marián: Studies in Modern Chinese Intellectual History: V.Young Wang Guowei (1901-1911), p. 37
GÁLIK, Marián: Interliterary Aspects of the Short Stories by Lu Xun: Changming Deng (The Eternal Lamp) and V.M. Garshin: Krasnyi Tsvetok (The Red Flower), p. 67
KUTKA, Karol: Some Reflections on Yukio Mishima's Life, Views and Work, p. 81
MÚCKA, Ján: Le processus interlittéraire et forme spécifique de la communauté historique de la littérature vietnamienne et chinoise, p. 95
BLAŠKOVIC, Jozef – KOPCAN, Vojtech: Türkische Briefe und Urkunden zur Geschichte des Eyalet Nové Zámky. III., p. 107
VASILJEVOVÁ, Zdenka: An Unknown Sixteenth Century Czech Print on the Japanese Mission to Rome of 1585, p. 125
JAMALUDDIN, Syed: The Tributary Kings under Timur (1370-1405), p. 137
SORBY, Karol: Egypt – the Last Phase of Political Anarchy, 1804-1805, p. 151
ZIMOVÁ, Nada: The Saharan Frontiers of Tripolitania under Ottoman Turkish Rule: Observations on the Roots of the Aozou Strip Dispute, p. 179
CHMIEL, Juraj: The Nationality Question in the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, p. 183

R e v i e w A r t i c l e s

BLAZEK, Václav: A New Contribution to Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistics, p. 203
GÁLIK, Marián: Reflections on the Community of Chinese Literature, p. 223
CELNAROVÁ, Xénia: Turkish Folk Literature (Selected Publications of the Ministry of Culture of the Turkish Republic), p. 231

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ABSTRACTS

REMARKS ON CREATIVITY IN LANGUAGE

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

Creativity in language is investigated here in relation to metaphor. The latter is regarded as a gate through which language is enriched with innovations that always have an individual genesis. A creative act is an individual act that can be accepted by the society, thus acquiring intelligibility and losing originality. It results from a process that is a posteriori inteligible but a priori unpredictable. Creativity in language is limited by the nature of substance and by its structure. Although creativity disturbs communication, this disturbance is merely a price we have to pay if we want to be able to communicate at all.

ANALOGICAL NOMINATION IN BENGALI

Anna RÁCOVÁ, Bratislava

This is an investigation of the way various metonymic relations and metaphor are utilized in Bengali in analogical nomination, that is in designating concepts with the aid of forms already existing.

WORD-CLASS SHIFTS OF MULTIWORD UNITS IN THE LEXICON OF MODERN WRITTEN ARABIC

Ladislav DROZDÍK, Bratislava

The present study aims at examining the set of phenomena observable in the lexical domain of multiword units in the process of changing their word-class membership. Linguistic data analysed are primarily drawn from recent lexicographical sources of Modern Written Arabic.

STUDIES IN MODERN CHINESE INTELLECTUAL HISTRORY: V.YOUNG WANG GUOWEI (1901-1911)

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

This is a study of the ideological and intellectual development of Wang Guowei (1877-1927), modern Chinese philosopher, aesthetician, literary critic and historian, during the period of 1901-1911, pointing out his attitude towards the European trends in these fields, disappoointment with them and his way back to Confucian orthodoxy.

INTERLITERARY ASPECTS OF THE SHORT STORIES BY LU XUN: CHANGMING DENG (THE ETERNAL LAMP) AND V.M.GARSHIN: KRASNYI TSVETOK (THE RED FLOWER)

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

This study analyses two short stories by the famous Chinese and Russian authors and follows their „coming to be“ on the background of the relevant historical materials using the methods of comparative literary research.

SOME REFLECTIONS ON YUKIO MISHIMA'S LIFE, VIEWS AND WORK

Karol KUTKA, Bratislava

Mishima was incontestably a significant phenomenon in post-war Japanese literature and simultaneously a contradictory personality. The present study aims to give a general characteristic of Mishima's literary and extraliterary activity, making a point of the fundamental premises that influenced his thinking, views and work itself.

LE PROCESSUS INTERLITTÉRAIRE ET FORME SPÉCIFIQUE DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ HISTORIQUE
DE LA LITTÉRATURE VIETNAMIENNE ET CHINOISE

Ján MÚCKA, Bratislava

La présente étude traitant de certaines questions essentielles du processus interlittéraire, met en cause la nécessité d'une recherche des formes spécifiques des communautés interlittéraires. Partant de l'exemple historique de la littérature vietnamienne, l'auteur s'efforce d'esquisser les possibilités d'application de nouveaux procédés dans l'historisme interlittéraire.

TÜRKISCHE BRIEFE UND URKUNDEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DES EYALET NOVÉ ZÁMKY.III

Jozef BLAŠKOVIC-Vojtech KOPCAN, Prag-Bratislava

Nach der Einleitung die sich mit den friedensbrecherischen Aktivitäten an der ungarisch-osmanischen Grenze, sowie mit den beiderseitigen Bemühungen dieser Entwicklung Einhalt zu gebieten, z. B. durch strenge Verbote in den Friedensabkommen befaßt, veröffentlichen die Autoren vier Briefe osmanischer Statthalter und anderer Würdenträger aus Nové Zámky an den Obersten Kapitän der Hauptmannschaft der diesseits der Donau gelegen Gebiete Paul Eszterházy in den Jahren 1670-1679.

AN UNKNOWN SIXTEENTH CENTURY CZECH PRINT ON THE JAPANESE MISSION TO ROME OF 1585

Zdenka VASILJEVOVÁ, Prague

Among the more than sevently 16th century prints concerned with the first Japanese mission to Europe there is one item which had not been known outside Czechoslovakia. It was published in Czech by the Bishop of Olomouc, Stanislav Pavlovský, propably in 1585. The present study gives a description of this edition based on a copy held by the State Library of the CSR in Prague as well as an analysis of its ideological and political background revealing its role in the Catholic crusade against the Protestant of the time.

THE TRIBUTARY KINGS UNDER TIMUS (1370-1405)

Syed JAMALUDDIN, New Delhi

The aim of the present paper is to study the position of the tributary kings under Timur (1370-1405). An attempt has been made to study the precise nature of the relationship between the trubutary kings, who belonged to the category of the autonomous chiefs, and their overlord Amir Timur.

EGYPT – THE LAST PHASE OF POLITICAL ANARCHY, 1804-1805

Karol SORBY, Bratislava

The study analyses the political and social development in Egypt in the years 1804-1805. It is the period from March 1804 to April 1805 when Ahmad Pasha Khurshid held the post of the Egyptian Viceroy; the period known as the last phase of the political anarchy before the rise of Muhammad cAli to the viceregal throne of Egypt.

THE SAHARAN FRONTIERS OF TRIPOLITANIA UNDER OTTOMAN TURKISH RULE: OBSERVATIONS ON THE ROOTS OF THE AOZOU STRIP DISPUTE

Nada ZIMOVÁ, Prague

During the last phase of direct Ottoman administration of Tripolitania, the reawakened interest of the Ottoman Turks in this province coincided with the high tide of European penetration and invasion of African countries. Notwithstanding the imperial ambitions of France, Great Britain and, later, Italy, the Ottoman Turks continued to assert their authority even in the deep interior of the African continent. They insisted on their right to the entire area of the Tripolitanian hinterland extending as far as the Bornu region. However, all the efforts of the Ottoman Turks to strengthen their authority in the inner parts of the Sahara remained sporadic in their character.

THE NATIONALITY QUESTION IN THE PEOPLE`S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

Juraj CHMIEL, Bratislava

This study is concerned with the solution of the nationality problem on the example of Eritrea. An Analysis of a broad range of questions revealed that Eritrea`s claim to secession from the Republic is not susbstantiated by the right of nations to self-determination and her demand of independence in virtue of her historical evolution is likewise disputable.The best solution appears to be that of regional autonomy in the form proposed by the Ethiopian government. The analysis has further shown the existence in Eritrea of two types of separatist movements: one is purely an Eritrean phenomenon with a regional character, the other is of a national character; it is not confined to Eritrea, but includes also the Tigray province.