A r t i c l e s

KRUPA, Viktor: Some Problems of the Study of Language, p. 11
ZUBKOVA, Ljudmila: Opozicija smycnych soglasnych v indonezijskom jazyke, p.17
DROZDÍK, Ladislav: Collective and Unit Nouns As Sex-Gender Pairs in Arabic, p. 41
ZIMA, Petr: Final Vowel Duration of Grade 6 Verbs in Hausa, p. 49
KRUPA, Viktor: The Symbol for Lizard in the Writing of the Easter Island, p. 61
GÁLIK, Marián: The Red Gauze Lantern of Feng Nai-ch'ao, p. 69
GÁLIK, Marián: Main Issues in the Discussion on „National Forms“ in Modern Chinese Literature, p. 97
MÚCKA, Ján: Quelques remarques sur le conte vietnamien de la période de 1930-1945, p. 113
PAULINY, Ján: Zur Rolle der quœœaœ bei der Entstehung und Überlieferung der populären Prophetenlegenden, p. 125

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

GÁLIK, Marián: A Comment on Two Books on Modern Chinese Poetry, p. 145
CELNAROVÁ, Xénia: Das dramatische Werk Mirza Fet‡-'Ali A‰undzade's, p. 169
ZIMOVÁ, Nada: Turkish Penetration in the Sahara, p. 177

B o o k R e v i e w s

GOLOVIN, B.N., Yazyk i statistika. By Viktor Krupa, p. 185
KATSNELSON, S.D., Tipologiya yazyka i rechevoe myshlenie. By Viktor Krupa, p. 185
MAKONSKII, M.M., Teoriya leksicheskoi attraktsii. By Viktor Krupa, p. 187
Obshchee yazykoznanie. Vnutrennyaya struktura. Ed. by B.A.Serebrennikov. By Viktor Krupa, p. 188
SOLNTSEV, V.M., Yazyk kak sistemno-strukturnoe obrazovanie. By Viktor Krupa, p. 189
Linguistics in Oceania. Current Trends in Linguistics. Ed. by T.A.Sebeok. By Viktor Krupa, p. 191
KRUPA, Viktor, Polynesian Languages. By Jozef Genzor, p. 194
BERNABE, Emma-LAPID, Virginia-SIBAYAN, Bonifacio, Ilokano Lessons. By Jozef Genzor, p. 195
BUNYE, Maria Victoria R.-YAP, Elsa Paula, Cebuano for Beginners; Cebuano Grammar Notes; Yap, Elsa Paula-BUNYE, Maria Victoria R., Cebuano-Visayan Dictionary. By Jozef Genzor, p. 196
FORMAN, Michael L., Kapampangan Grammar Notes; Kapampangan Dictionary. By Jozef Genzor, p. 197
MAKARENKO, V.A., Tagalskoe slovoobrazovanie. By Jozef Genzor, p. 199
MINTZ, Malcolm W., Bikol Grammar Notes. By Jozef Genzor, p. 200
RAMOS, Teresita V., Tagalog Structures; Tagalog Dictionary, By Jozef Genzor, p. 200
SCHACHTER, Paul-OTANES, Fe.T., Tagalog Reference Grammar. By Jozef Genzor, p. 201
WOLFF, John U., A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan. By Jozef Genzor, p. 202
SAITO, Shiro, Philippine Ethnography. A Critically Annotated and Selected Bibliography. By Jozef Genzor, p. 203
ALIEVA, N.F-ARAKIN,V.D.-OGLOBLIN,A.K.-SIRK,Y.K., Grammatika indoneziiskogo yazyka. By Viktor Krupa, p. 204
IONOVA, A.I., „Musulmanskii natsionalizm“ v sovremennoi Indonezii. By Štefan Fatura, p. 205
BAUSANI, Alessandro, Le letterature del sud-est asiatico. Par Štefan Fatura, p. 208
MARR, David G., Vietnamese Anticolonialism, 1885-1925. By Ján Múcka, p. 209
SYROMIATNIKOV, N.A., Drevneyaponskii yazyk. By Viktor Krupa, p. 213
Sovremennaya Koreya. By Jozef Genzor, p. 214
ADJIMAMUDOVA, V.S., Yui Da-fu i literaturnoe obshchestvo „Tvorchestvo“. By Anna Doležalová, p. 215
McCUTCHEON, James M., China and America. A Bibliography of Interactions, Foreign and Domestic. By Marián Gálik, p. 216
Dvizhenie „4 maya“ 1919 goda v Kitae. By Anna Doležalová, p. 217
HSÜ, C.I. Immanuel, Intellectual Trends in the Ch'ing Period. By Marián Gálik, p. 219
RYCKMANS, P., La vie et l'æuvre de Su Renshan, rebelle, peintre et fou. Par Anna Doležalová, p. 219
SCHRECKER, John E., Imperialism and Chinese Nationalism. Germany in Shantung. By Marián Gálik, p. 221
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ABSTRACTS

SOME PROBLEMS OF THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

In this article, language is treated as a social phenomenon and as a means of communication and thought. Being a prism through which man perceives reality, it has a reflective nature. Discussing the relation of language to thought and reality, the author criticizes the theory of linguistic relativity. In addition he analyses briefly the essence of linguistic change and the systemic character of language. Structuralism is regarded here as an overcome method and, instead, the systemic approach is put forward. Finally, the author pays some attention to the subjective factor in language.

COLLECTIVE AND UNIT NOUNS AS SEX-GENDER PAIRS IN ARABIC

Ladislav DROZDÍK, Bratislava

The present paper aims at describing an atypical sex-gender distinction in nouns alternatively classifiable as forming part of the derivational system of collective and unit nouns in Arabic. Several types of sex-gender reclassification of the derivational formations in gender classes are analysed and a documentary evidence for Classical and Colloquial Arabic is provided.

FINAL VOWEL DURATION OF GRADE 6 VERBS IN HAUSA
(A Phonetic Problem with Grammatical Implications)

Petr ZIMA, Prague

This paper analyses the duration of final vowels in grade 6 Hausa verbs. These verbs were pronounced by a Kano Hausa speaker in their respective B and C forms (i.e. immediately followed by an explicit direct nominal object or by an object pronoun); phonetic data on the final vowel duration are discussed within the phonological and grammatical context. Two experimental phonetic methods were used: kymography and oscillography.

THE SYMBOL FOR LIZARD IN THE WRITING OF THE EASTER ISLAND

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

The author, continuing his study of the Easter Island writing, subjects to a through combinatorial analysis sone of the iconic characters of the only original script in the Pacific area, i.e. the character 760 usually interpreted as moko lizard. Taking into consideration its cognates in other Polynesian languages, he makes an attempt to reconstruct its original meaning in the language of the rongorongo texts.

THE RED GAUZE LANTERN OF FENG NAI-CH'A O

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

In the twenties, one of the last waves of symbolism in world literature his also China. Feng Nai-ch'ao's (born about 1900) The Red Gauze Lantern was a collection of symbolist poems written in 1925-1926 and published in 1928. This is a first extensive treatise written so far analysing more than half of Feng Nai-ch' ao's poetic output using a comparative approach. The parallels with French symbolist theory and native Chinese tradition could be of interest to the experts and readers.

MAIN ISSUES IN THE DISCUSSION ON „NATIONAL FORMS“ IN MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

The principal discussion bearing on „national forms“ took place during the years 1939 to 1940 and then was followed by another one in 1944. In this article particularly the materials from the first discussion are analysed together with the present state in contemporary Chinese literature. The discussion was probably the most important among the many since the twenties, and had serious results for the creative and critical life.

QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR LE CONTE VIETNAMIEN DE LA PÉRIODE DE 1930-1945

Ján MÚCKA, Bratislava

Cette étude est orientée vers la production de la prose courte vietnamienne durant la période de 1930-1945 et présente une analyse plus détaillée du conte Chi Pheo par Nam Cao (1914-1951). Le but en est de mettre en cause la complexité de la vie littéraire du Vietnam durant la période en question qui a produit des œuvres non moins compliquées. En quelque sens, on peut dire en toute justesse que le conte a joué ici un rôle prépondérant, car dès 1920 il jouissait d'une certaine tradition – certes, non pas très grande – alors que le roman n'était encore qu'au seuil de son origine.

ZUR ROLLE DER QUÏÏAÏ BEI DER ENTSTEHUNG UND ÜBERLIEFERUNG DER POPULÄREN PROPHETENLEGENDEN

Ján PAULINY, Bratislava

Im Aufsatze ist der Verfasser zum Schluss gekommen, dass die quœœaœ (= populäre Erzähler religiöser Stoffe) sich nicht nur um die Entstehung der Prophetenlegenden verdient machten, sondern mit ihnen auch die jahrhundertelange Lebendigkeit und Beliebtheit dieses Genres der religiösen Folklore verbunden ist.