Subject case alternation in Latvian and Estonian existential clauses
Subject case alternation in Latvian and Estonian existential clauses
Author(s): Helena Metslang, Ilze Lokmane, Andra KalnačaSubject(s): Language studies, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
Keywords: nominative; genitive; partitive; negation; Latvian; Estonian;
Summary/Abstract: In Latvian and Estonian existential clauses, the subject’s case form alternates between nominative vs. genitive (in Latvian) and nominative vs. partitive (in Estonian). This article is a study of the case-alternation systems of existential clauses and related clause types, locative and possessive clauses in these languages. It includes a corpus based analysis of Latvian existential clauses that is being compared with Estonian corpus-based findings on similar clause types in Estonian.
Journal: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu aastaraamat
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 53-82
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English