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Tariamosios nuosakos skaida: sinchronines morfologijos problemos
The Segmentation of the Lithuanian Subjunctive Forms: A Problem of Synchronic Morphology

Author(s): Asta Balčiūnienė
Subject(s): Language studies, Morphology, Lexis, Baltic Languages
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: language; Lithuanian; morphology; subjunctive form; segmentation;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the morphological segmentation of the Lithuanian subjunctive mood forms from a synchronic point of view. The approaches advanced in earlier publications are discussed. The alternative is between disregarding diachronical facts and recognizing one affix -t-/ -Č- (*tj), and recognizing two suffixes -čia- and -tų /-turn, which entails accounting for the facts of allomorphy.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 31-40
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian