September 5, 2025LiteraOpen Access

Contrastive analysis of the synthetic nature of comparative and superlative forms in the Czech and Russian languages

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Corpus analysis revealed significant differences in comparative forms, indicating synthetic nature in Czech.

The study demonstrates a significant difference in the frequency of comparative forms in Czech and Russian languages, indicating a clear divergence.
In Czech, analytical forms were used only 0.023% of the time compared to 10.396% in Russian, highlighting the synthetic nature of Czech adjectives.
This corpus analysis utilized methodological frameworks from Bohemian studies, enhancing the reliability of findings on adjective gradation differences.
The findings suggest a need for further exploration into the synthetic and analytical comparatives in Slavic languages, due to prior gaps in research.

Daniil A. Morozov (2025) studied this question.

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