Jaroslav Vacek
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jaroslav Vacek plays a role.
2012 Old Tamil Sangam akam Lyrics – Coded “Mini-Narratives”? Archív Orientální 80:3, pp. 357–370 | Article
Narrative is normally taken to be a story – ‘the recounting of one or more real or fictitious EVENTS communicated by one, two, or several (more or less overt) NARRATORS to one, two, or several (more or less overt) NARRATEES’ (Prince 1991, 58). However, there is a minimum requirement that at least… read more
2007 Dravidian and Altaic ‘to bend / to bow – elbow/ knee /ankle’ Archív Orientální 75:3, pp. 395–410 | Article
This paper discusses the etymological nest of Dravidian and Altaic lexemes with the meaning “to bow, bend” and the terms for the “elbow,” “knee,” “ankle” as a dynamic etymological model. The lexemes have the general formal structure of the CVC- root with an initial dental (stop or nasal) and medial… read more
2007 Eva Wilden, Literary Techniques in Old Tamil Caṅkam Poetry. The Kuṟuntokai. Archív Orientální 75:3, pp. 435–436 | Review
2006 Dravidian and Altaic ‘to bow, bend, stoop, incline, curve’ Archív Orientální 74:2, pp. 183–202 | Article
This paper discusses the etymological nest of Dravidian and Altaic lexemes with the meaning “to bow, bend, stoop, incline, curve. ” The paper is divided into two parts according to the formal structure of the root. The first part deals with etyma, whose roots have initial labial p-/b-/v-/m-… read more
2005 Dravidian and Altaic ‘ to break, to beat, to crush, to rub’ Archív Orientální 73:3, pp. 325–334 | Article
In recent years, Prof. Vacek has dealt systematically with various lexical classes as represented by the comparison of Dravidian and Altaic, be it verbs (Vacek 2003, 2004b), designations of various animals (Vacek 2002c, 2004a), or other lexemes with concrete (Vacek 2002a) or abstract (Vacek 2002b)… read more
2005 Marek Mejor, Sanskryt. Archív Orientální 73:2, pp. 265–267 | Review