Declension of Numerals in the 1759 ZIWATA S and Their Development Cover Image

1759 metų Ziwato skaitvardžių linksniavimas ir jų raida
Declension of Numerals in the 1759 ZIWATA S and Their Development

Author(s): Sonata Vaičiakauskienė
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Baltic Languages, 18th Century
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: numeral; sub-dialect of the Ziwatas; North Samogitian dialect of Kretinga; declension; ending;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the declension of numerals in the best 18th century monument of writing of the North Samogitian sub-dialect of Kretinga, the 1759 Ziwatas, and their development. The goal of research is to analyse and provide a synchronic description of declension of the numeral of the sub-dialect of the Ziwatas; to compare the declension paradigms of the numeral in contemporary Northwest Samogitian sub-dialect of Kretinga and the subdialect under analysis. Internal reconstruction and comparative methods enabled the reconstruction of the declension system of the numeral in the 18th century Northwest Samogitian sub-dialect of Kretinga.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 154-170
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Lithuanian