Desemantization of the Instrumental of the Noun Pagalba Cover Image

Daiktavardžio pagalba įnagininko desemantizacija
Desemantization of the Instrumental of the Noun Pagalba

Author(s): Loreta Vaičiulytė-Semėnienė
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: instrumental of the noun; desemantization;

Summary/Abstract: The object of the article is the instrumental case of the noun pagalba. According to the Corpus of the Contemporary Lithuanian Language (CCLL), the article addresses the semantics of the instrumental of the noun pagalba and the features of desemantization. The article follows an opinion that the use of the instrumental of the noun pagalba corresponds to the animacy hierarchy person > thing.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 9-39
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Lithuanian