Expressing the Latvian Verb Prefix ie- in Estonian
Expressing the Latvian Verb Prefix ie- in Estonian
Author(s): Ilze ZagorskaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Finno-Ugrian studies, Baltic Languages, Translation Studies
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Akadēmiskais apgāds
Keywords: Latvian verb prefixes; prefix ie-; spatial orientation; adverb; derivational suffixes; Estonian; Latvian;
Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is to analyze what the equivalents of the Latvian verb prefix ie- in Estonian are. In Latvian, verb prefixes are used to derive verbs by changing imperfective verbs into perfective, but also to vary the lexical meaning of the verb. Estonian lacks verb prefixes and perfectivity/imperfectivity is expressed by direct object (nominative/genitive vs. partitive case), by adverbs, but also taking into consideration the whole sentence. Since there are 11 verb prefixes in Latvian, it would be too capacious a task to analyze all of them at a time, therefore for this paper one of the prefixes is chosen – the prefix ie-. The analysis is based on prefix function grouping by Emīlija Soida (2009) and examples are taken from four Latvian literary works and their translations into Estonian.
Journal: Valoda: nozīme un forma
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 235-247
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English