The Goal of Motion in the Indoeuropean Languages: Dative and Accusative
The Goal of Motion in the Indoeuropean Languages: Dative and Accusative
Author(s): William SchmalstiegSubject(s): Language studies, Geography, Regional studies, Semantics
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: indoeuropean languages; dative; accusative; motion;
Summary/Abstract: The author’s contention is that the attested IE accusative and dative sg. forms of о-stems go back to original sandhi variants of one single case ending. These phonetic variants were subsequently reanalyzed as different case forms.
Journal: Acta Linguistica Lithuanica
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 56
- Page Range: 65-71
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English