The greek infinitive in variable deliberative, principally dependent questions: an interpretation in terms of naturalness theory
In the present paper I investigate the use of the infinitive in dependent delibera tive clauses in Greek, a phenomenon occurring in several (modern) languages, cf. Slovene Nisem vedel, kaj storiti. 'I didn't know what to do?', English I didn't know what to do., German Was tun?...
Main Author: | Jerneja Kavčič |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2004-12-01
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Series: | Linguistica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/4090 |
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