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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Main Author: Daniel Petit
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29787
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description 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 only directional) > [adessive] (both directional and positional) > [apudessive] (both directional and positional).
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spelling doaj.art-21d4a47f240848738b4abf874b83107b2022-12-22T02:54:38ZengVilnius University PressVilnius University Open Series2669-05352022-11-0110.15388/Baltistikos_platybese.2022.17The apudessive in LithuanianDaniel Petit0École Normale Supérieure, École Pratique des Hautes Études 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 only directional) > [adessive] (both directional and positional) > [apudessive] (both directional and positional). https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29787LithuanianOld Lithuanianprepositionsadessiveapudessive
spellingShingle Daniel Petit
The apudessive in Lithuanian
Vilnius University Open Series
Lithuanian
Old Lithuanian
prepositions
adessive
apudessive
title The apudessive in Lithuanian
title_full The apudessive in Lithuanian
title_fullStr The apudessive in Lithuanian
title_full_unstemmed The apudessive in Lithuanian
title_short The apudessive in Lithuanian
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topic Lithuanian
Old Lithuanian
prepositions
adessive
apudessive
url https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29787
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