Attitude dative (dativus ethicus) as an interpersonal pragmatic marker in Latvian
Among varied syntactic and semantic functions of the dative case in Latvian, the attitude dative or dativus ethicus is a less studied one. As an optional pronominal clitic, it serves two broad functions: first, it expresses the speaker’s authority and affectedness of the speaker or the addressee in...
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De Gruyter
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0240 |