Dėl vienos kilmininko semantinės funkcijos
On a certain semantic function of the Lithuanian genitive

Summary/Abstract: With the transitive verbs gauti ‘get’ and duoti ‘give’ the genitive of certain nouns such as dovana, lauktuvės ‘gift’ etc. can be used alongside the accusative object to denote the purpose of the action, e.g., Gavau paveikslą dovanų ‘I was offered a picture as a gift’ (cf. Gavau paveikslą kaip dovanà). This genitive of purpose can occupy several positions in the sentence; it can precede the accusative object or follow it. In the former case, the sentence can be compared to one in which the accusative is added epexegetically to a genitive object, cf. Gavau dovanų paveikslą ‘I was offered a picture as a gift’ and Gavau dovanų – paveikslą ‘I was offered a gift, a picture’.

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