Varėnos šnektos daiktavardžio skaičiaus kategorija
The Category of Number of Noun in Varėna Sub-dialect

Summary/Abstract: So far the category of number and morphological variations in nouns of Varėna sub-dialect have not been investigated and described in terms of natural morphology. The main goal of the article is to discuss the category of number in this sub-dialect on the basis of the empiric data, to identify semantic groups of nouns that are used in an unusual form of the number as well as to state reasons for variations in the number category. The conducted analysis revealed that the structure of the category of number in Varėna sub-dialect is based on the opposition of te singular and the plural represented by different orphological markers of the grammatical category; the dual number functions only as a semantic positional variant of the plural; 2) the singular may replace the plural in a certain context, thus, it may vary; the result of this process is a notional unity between the unmarked and marked members.

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