Centenary of Ján Bakoš, Member of the Slovak and Czechoslovak Academies of Sciences (1890-1967) , p. 7

A r t i c l e s

KRUPA, Viktor: An Analysis of Personal Pronouns in Discourse, p. 13
KRUPA, Viktor: Some Remarks on the Strategy of Courtesy, p. 23
ALIEVA, N.F.: On Two Types of Analytism in the Austronesian Languages from the Point of View of Areal Language Contacts, p. 27
RÁCOVÁ, Anna: Directive Speech Acts in Bengali, p. 37
DROZDÍK, Ladislav: Metalinguistic Elements in the Lexicographical Presentation of Modern Written Arabic, p. 43
GÁLIK, Marián: Reception and Survival of Goethe's Faust in Guo Moruo's Works and Translations (1919-1922), p. 49
GÁLIK, Marián: Reception of Confucius and Confucianism in Bohemia and Slovakia, p. 71
MÚCKA, Ján: Remarques sur la forme spécifique du développement historique de la communauté des littératures de l' Asie du Sud-Est, p. 87
HAJKO, Dalimír: Contemporary Indo-Anglian Poetry: Two Remarks, p. 97
PAULINY, Ján: Die Erzählung von Ardašir und Hayat an-Nufus und deren jüngere Version in Tausendundeiner Nacht, p.105
KOPCAN, Vojtech: Die Anfänge der osmanischen Macht in der Slowakei, p. 113
ZIMOVÁ, Nada: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Idea of a Modern Turkish National State and Republic, p. 129
SORBY, Karol: The Internal Struggle for Power in Egypt (1952-1953), p. 137
VODERADSKÝ, Ján: Crises and Fall of the First Independent Government in Nigeria, 1960-1966, p. 157
PAWLIKOVÁ-VILHANOVÁ, Viera: The Image of Count Morice Benyowsky and of His Odyssey in Slovakia, p. 171

Review Articles and Reports

ZIMA, Petr: New Comparative Data from the Periphery of African Language Families, p. 183
CELNAROVÁ, Xénia: A Turkish Popular Poet of the 16th Century. Pir Sultan Abdal. Tradition and Historical Background, p. 193
BLAZEK, Václav: The Fifth International Hamito-Semitic Congress (Vienna, 20 September- 2 October 1987) p. 201
GÁLIK, Marián: The May Fourth Movement after Seventy Years: Some Remarks at the Opening of the Smolenice Symposium, p. 211
CEJKA, Mirek: Hawaii Conference on Shang Civilization, p. 219

B o o k R e v i e w s

Etnopsikholingvistika. Ed. Y. A. Sorokin. By Slavo Ondrejovic, p.227
HASHMI, Alamgir: The Commonwealth, Comparative Literature and the World. By Ján Múcka, p. 229
ALPERS, Antony: The World of the Polynesians. By Viktor Krupa, p. 231
ORBELL, Margaret: The Natural World of the Maori. By Viktor Krupa, p. 232
BINNEY, Judith – CHAPLIN, Gillian: Nga Morehu. The Survivors. By Viktor Krupa, p. 234
Bibliografiya lingvisticheskikh rabot po yazykam Yugo-Vostochnoi Azii. By Ivo Vasiljev, p. 235
LITTRUP, Leif (Ed.): Analecta Hafniensia. 25 Years of East Asian Studies in Copenhagen. By Marián Gálik, p. 237
KLIMKEIT, Hans-Joachim: Japanische Studien zur Kunst der Seidenstrasse. By Marián Gálik, p. 240
HIJIYA-KIRSCHNEREIT, Irmela: Das Ende der Exotik. Von Marián Gálik, p. 242
Early China. By Mirek CEJKA, p. 246
DEBON, Günther: Mein Haus liegt menschenfern doch nah den Dingen. Von Marián Gálik, p. 250
LADANY, Laszlo: The Communist Party of China and Marxism 1921-1985. A Self-Portrait. By Ivan Doležal, p. 253
ÖZKIRIMLI, Atilla: Türk Edebiyati Ansiklopedisi. By Xénia Celnarová, p. 255
MOSTYN, T.(Executive Editor) and HOURANI, A. ( Advisory Editor): The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. By Ladislav Drozdík, p. 258
SMART, J.R.: Teach Yourself Arabic. By Ladislav Drozdík, p. 259
BAYYUD, Hussein: Die Stadt in der arabischen Poesie, bis 1258 n. Chr. Von Ján Pauliny, p. 263
SCHUPP, Sabine: Labsal dessen, der bei Tag und bei Nacht reist. Ibn Malihs Uns as-sari was-sarib. Von Ján Pauliny, p. 265
ESCOVITZ, Joseph H.: The Office of Qadi al-Qudat in Cairo under the Bahri Mamluks. Von Ján Pauliny, p. 266
SIMON, Rachel: Libya between Ottomanism and Nationalism. The Ottoman Involvement in Libya during the War with Italy (1911-1919). By Karol Sorby, p. 267
RICHTER, R.: Lehrbuch der amharischen Sprache. Von L.Drozdík, p. 269
BULCHA, Mekuria: Flight and Integration. Causes of Mass Exodus from Ethiopia and Problems of Integration in the Sudan. By Juraj Chmiel, p. 270
PAWLIKOVÁ-VILHANOVÁ, V.: History of Anti-Colonial Resistance and Protest in the Kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro, 1862-1899. By Ján Voderadský, p. 272
LARSEN, Stephan: A Writer and His Gods: A Study of the Importance of Yoruba Myths and Religious Ideas to the Writing of Wole Soyinka. By Ján Voderadský, p. 274
ONOH, J.K.: The Nigerian Oil Economy: From Prosperity to Glut. By Ján Voderadský, p. 275
KONINGS, Piet: The State and Rural Class Formation in Ghana: A Comparative Analysis. By Ján Voderadský, p. 277
LAST,M.-RICHARDS, P.-FYFE, C.(Eds.) Sierra Leone 1787-1987: Two Centuries of Intellectual Life. By Ján Voderadský, p. 278

Books received, p. 281

ABSTRACTS

AN ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN DISCOURSE

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

Personal pronouns in typologically diverse languages are compared within the framework of communication. The observed pronominal forms are confronted with various theoretically possible structural patterns and participation of such categories in the observed variety is described as, e.g., gender, spatial proximity and courtesy.

SOME REMARKS ON THE STRATEGY OF COURTESY

Viktor KRUPA, Bratislava

Various general strategies and domains of application of the category of courtesy are discussed in this paper upon the background of data from various languages.

ON TWO TYPES OF ANALYTISM IN THE AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AREAL LANGUAGE CONTACTS

N.F.ALIEVA, Moscow

The author discusses the question of typological character of the Chamic languages spoken in continental Southeast Asia. She concentrates on the process and factors of the evolution of the analytism in these languages, confronting them with the genetically related Oceanic as well as Malayo-Javanese languages of the Austronesian family and paying attention to extralinguistic circumstances of their historical changes.

DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN BENGALI

Anna RÁCOVÁ, Bratislava

In the theory of speech acts, great attention is traditionally being paid to the interpersonal communication which usually has a form of declaration, interrogation or order. The present paper concentrates on the ways of expressing an order, i.e. on various locutionary acts performing the directive illocutionary act in Bengali language.

METALINGUISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE LEXICOGRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF MODERN WRITTEN ARABIC

Ladislav DROZDÍK, Bratislava

Besides true linguistic procedures, used to indicate the word-class or derivational class membership of lexical units, a number of additional lexical indicators are sometimes used to this effect. The present paper is an attempt to present and classify them in terms of metalinguistic elements.

RECEPTION AND SURVIVAL OF GOETHE'S FAUST IN GUO MORUO'S WORKS AND TRANSLATIONS (1919-1922)

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

The aim of this study is to analyse the translations of Goethe's Faust by the modern Chinese poet Guo Moruo and its impact on Guo's works at the beginning of the 1920s.

RECEPTION OF CONFUCIUS AND CONFUCIANISM IN BOHEMIA AND SLOVAKIA

Marián GÁLIK, Bratislava

Motto:
Nulla major hallucination est, quam velle de rebus,
quae nescimus, disceptare.

Historica notitia Rituum ac Ceremoniarum
Sinicarum, Pragae 1711

The aim of the present study is to outline a short history of the reception of Confucius and confucianism in Bohemia and Slovakia beginning in 1711 when the first books by F. Noël were published, up to the present times, on the basis of studies, translations and views manifesting either a positive or a negative attitude and analysing this significant part of Chinese philosophy.

REMARQUES SUR LA FORME SPÉCIFIQUE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT HISTORIQUE DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ DES LITTÉRATURES DE L'ASIE DU SUD-EST

Ján MÚCKA, Bratislava

L'étude est une tentative d'esquisser certaines affinités fondamentales dans les relations interlittéraires de l'Asie du Sud-Est susceptibles de conduire à leur solution. Plusieurs des questions abordées sont de nature purement hypothétique, certes, elles sont censées de servir de points de départ théoriques pour mettre au point des aspects particuliers et concrets.

CONTEMPORARY INDO-ANGLIAN POETRY: TWO REMARKS

Dalimír HAJKO, Bratislava

In the present study, the author should like to underline the relation five Indian poets (Deb Kumar Das, Prithwinda N. Mukherjee, A.K. Ramanujan, P.Lal, Nissim Ezekiel) writing in English bear to the contemporary spiritual and social milieu of India with special regard to the questions of ethics and humanism.

DIE ERZÄHLUNG VON ARDAŠIR UND HAYAT AN-NUFUS UND DEREN JÜNGERE VERSION IN TAUSENDUNDEINER NACHT

Ján PAULINY, Bratislava

Eine große Bedeutung für die Entwicklung des arabischen volkstümlichen Literaturschaffens (und auch der Kunstliteratur) hatten die regen kulturellen Kontakte zwischen den Arabern und den benachbarten östlichen Ethniken und Regionen in der Epoche der Regierung der ersten cAbbasiden (8.-11. Jahrhundert) und vielleicht auch früher. In unserem Artikel machen wir daraut aufmerksam, daß es zu einer jeden kulturellen Assimilation, ob sie nun ein Ergebnis der Übernahme fremder Stoffe oder deren Nachahmung ist, nur unter bestimmten günstigen Voraussetzungen im übernehmenden Milieu kommt. Der Umfang dieser kulturellen Assimilation läßt sich an den einzelnen Proben des arabischen volkstümlichen Literaturschaffens heute nicht mehr genau und eindeutig bestimmen. Als Beispiel diente uns hierbei die Erzählung von Ardašir und Hayat an-Nufus sowie deren jüngere Variante, die Geschichte von Tag al-Muluk und der Prinzessin Dunya. Beide Proben entstammen der Sammlung Tausendundeine Nacht (Textausgabe: Calcutta II).

DIE ANFÄNGE DER OSMANISCHEN MACHT IN DER SLOWAKEI

Vojtech KOPCAN, Bratislava

Der Autor befaßt sich mit den Anfängen der osmanischen Macht im nordungarischen Grenzgebiet aus der militärischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Sicht. Er beobachtet auch die Beziehung der Eroberer un der untertanen Bevölkerung, widmet sich der Frage der Besteuerung und Steuereinnahme als auch dem Verteidigungssystem.

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK AND THE IDEA OF A MODERN TURKISH NATIONAL STATE AND REPUBLIC

Nada ZIMOVÁ, Prague

There existed only one possible decision, and this decision was to establish a new Turskish state based on national sovereignty and unconditionally independent.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1919
De toutes les gloires, Atatürk a atteint la plus grande, celle du Renouveau National.
Charles de Gaulle, 1968

The rise and foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 is connected with the activity of the leader of the Turkish national liberation movement. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. This article, therefore, attempts to reconsider his efforts to establish a new Turkish state – based on new principles and a new praxis of government – from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Simultaneously, attention is paid to the development of both the Turkish national consciousness and a new type of political thinking during the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The three objectives are closely related; the two latter trends had prepared the ground not only for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's concept of a new Turkish national and republican state, but also for the materialization of his ideas.

THE INTERNAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN EGYPT (1952-1953)

Karol SORBY, Bratislava

As soon as the first and essential acts of government had been carried out and the Free Officers' Executive sought to formulate a policy, the opinions clashed and a struggle for power began. The first round of this struggle took part between the junta and the old political parties. However, once this obstacle had been overcome a schism appeared within the ranks of the officers between those who wanted parliamentary government and those who opted for a different form of rule. This study gives an analysis of the political and social development in Egypt in the period from September 1952 until the abolition of monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic in June 1953.

CRISES AND FALL OF THE FIRST INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA, 1960-1966

Ján VODERADSKÝ, Bratislava

The aim of the present study is to analyse political developments that took place in Nigeria between 1 October 1960 – the day independence was proclaimed – and 15 January 1966 when, following a military coup, the country was for many years under the rule of the army. Attention is focused here on four principal political conflicts of that period, viz. efforts on the part of the ruling coalition to eliminate the opposition represented by the Action Group, the regional struggle over the 1962 census, the 1964 general strike and the parliamentary elections of 1964 and 1965.

THE IMAGE OF COUNT MORICE BENYOWSKY AND OF HIS ODYSSEY IN SLOVAKIA

Viera PAWLIKOVÁ-VILHANOVÁ, Bratislava

Morice Benyowsky's travels in four continents took place when most of the countries he had visited were unknown or little known to Europeans. The coming 250th anniversary of his birth presents an opportunity to reassess his accomplishments in the light of modern scholarship. The present study seeks, within the limitations posed by the lack of reliable evidence, to examine the ways in which the knowledge of Benyowsky's adventures reached the Slovak public and to assess to what extent the saga of Morice Benyowsky's adventurous life and the very circumstances of his death ever captured the imagination of his compatriots living in the present-day Slovakia from the eighteenth century up to the present.