Grammaticalization of complex items: Estonian <i>nii et</i> ‘so that’, ‘so’
The article discusses the development of complex items that may carry grammatical as well as pragmatic functions. We describe the development of the Estonian complex conjunction nii et ‘so that’ which started out as the free combination of the proadverb nii ‘so’ and the conjunction et ‘that’, and ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15104 |