Neuter gender participial constructions with quantitative meaning constructs in standard Lithuanian and their equivalents in Latvian Cover Image

Bevardės giminės dalyvių konstrukcijos su kiekybinės reikšmės junginiais bendrinėje lietuvių kalboje ir jų atitikmenys latvių kalboje
Neuter gender participial constructions with quantitative meaning constructs in standard Lithuanian and their equivalents in Latvian

Author(s): Vaidotas Valskys
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Syntax, Semantics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: neuter-gender; participial constructions; syntactic model; standard Lithuanian; Latvian; meaning of quantity;

Summary/Abstract: This article makes a synchronic analysis of neuter-gender participial constructions with constructs having the meaning of quantity in Standard Lithuanian. The article also analyses the syntactic and semantic functions of the constructions. The structure of neuter-gender participial constructions with constructs having the meaning of quantity is compared with other syntactic models. The analysed constructions of Lithuanian are also contrasted with their equivalents in Latvian, which belongs to the same stock.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 93-99
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian