The apudessive in Lithuanian
The paper describes the rise of the apudessive preposition pàs in Lithuanian. The apudessive meaning (‘at someone’s home’) was rare in Old Lithuanian, where pàs denoted spatial proximity in competition with priẽ. The preposition pàs underwent a multi-stage evolution [behind] > [adessive] (first...
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Vilnius University Press
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Vilnius University Open Series |
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| Online Access: | https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29787 |