Ke slovnímu spojení takže tak (no nehlídala jsem nic .. sebe .. no .. takže tak)
On the expression takže tak (no nehlídala jsem nic .. sebe .. no .. takže tak)

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with semantic and prosodic analysis of the Czech expression takže tak. The analysis is based on data drawn from the ORTOFON spoken language corpus and the SYN v 8 written language corpus. The analysis showed that certain intonations of the collocation takže tak correspond to certain meanings. If speakers produce takže tak with falling intonation or with uptalk, then the meaning is a summary, roughly: everything important has been said. If it is produced with flat intonation, then it does not form an independent prosodic and semantic segment; rather it forms a part of a longer segment (preparation, hesitation). The collocation takže tak very often forms an independent turn in conversation. Examples from the SYN v 8 corpus also demonstrated that the expression takže tak can stand independently (Takže tak.), mainly as a part of written conversation, with the meaning of summary.

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