Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian
The article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI construction. This type of sentence is also attested in Russian, where it has got a wide coverage. The BKI construction in Lithuanian is made up of the following elements: (i) a form of the existential ve...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
| Published: |
Vilnius University
2008-01-01
|
| Series: | Kalbotyra |
| Online Access: | http://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/7600 |
| _version_ | 1818350221514506240 |
|---|---|
| author | Violeta Kalėdaitė |
| author_facet | Violeta Kalėdaitė |
| author_sort | Violeta Kalėdaitė |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI construction. This type of sentence is also attested in Russian, where it has got a wide coverage. The BKI construction in Lithuanian is made up of the following elements: (i) a form of the existential verb būti ‘be’, (ii) the k-word, and (iii) the infinitive. The type is attested both in positive and negative forms. The peculiarity of the construction has been noted by a number of Lithuanian scholars, however, no link has been recognized between the semantic content of the sentence, the existential verb būti ‘be’, and the syntactic structure of the construction. The data used for the analysis (2,000 entries) are taken from Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos tekstynas at http://donelaitis.vdu.lt. In the article the author offers a new approach to the analysis of the BKI construction and claims that it represents a language-specific existential structure. Evidence is presented to the effect that the BKI construction in Lithuanian is a syntactic synonym of the existential type ‘proper’. [...] |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-13T18:18:24Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e8360aab7c1041d89eff1af66af85f01 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1392-1517 2029-8315 |
| language | deu |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-13T18:18:24Z |
| publishDate | 2008-01-01 |
| publisher | Vilnius University |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Kalbotyra |
| spelling | doaj.art-e8360aab7c1041d89eff1af66af85f012022-12-21T23:35:48ZdeuVilnius UniversityKalbotyra1392-15172029-83152008-01-015910.15388/Klbt.2008.7600Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of LithuanianVioleta KalėdaitėThe article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI construction. This type of sentence is also attested in Russian, where it has got a wide coverage. The BKI construction in Lithuanian is made up of the following elements: (i) a form of the existential verb būti ‘be’, (ii) the k-word, and (iii) the infinitive. The type is attested both in positive and negative forms. The peculiarity of the construction has been noted by a number of Lithuanian scholars, however, no link has been recognized between the semantic content of the sentence, the existential verb būti ‘be’, and the syntactic structure of the construction. The data used for the analysis (2,000 entries) are taken from Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos tekstynas at http://donelaitis.vdu.lt. In the article the author offers a new approach to the analysis of the BKI construction and claims that it represents a language-specific existential structure. Evidence is presented to the effect that the BKI construction in Lithuanian is a syntactic synonym of the existential type ‘proper’. [...]http://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/7600 |
| spellingShingle | Violeta Kalėdaitė Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian Kalbotyra |
| title | Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian |
| title_full | Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian |
| title_fullStr | Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian |
| title_short | Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian |
| title_sort | language specific existential sentence types a case study of lithuanian |
| url | http://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/7600 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT violetakaledaite languagespecificexistentialsentencetypesacasestudyoflithuanian |