KONCEPCIA KVANTITY A RYTMICKÉHO ZÁKONA V CAMBELOVEJ RUKOVÄTI SPISOVNEJ REČI SLOVENSKEJ

The author points out that Samuel Cambel in his work Rukoväť spisovnej reči slovenskej puts the conception of quantity on the Middle Slovak character of quantity and that he based on the fundamental unity of the quantity with a regulation of its appearance in word by the rhythmical law. Another important fact is that Cambel placed the function of the rhythmical law to the sphere of word-formation and inflection and the place of quantity neutralization he saw in a word-formative or grammatical suffix of word. Cambel also pointed out cases where in the same word more long syllables follow one after another – he gave five such examples. The author pays attention to some cases of use and non-use of rhythmical law and takes up a critical stand on opposite interpretations of the Cambel ś perception of the rhythmical law.