The submerged genitive in Old Prussian
This paper is devoted to the Old Prussian phrase ʃwaiāʃmu ʃupʃei buttan ‘to his own house’ (Enchiridion, III 876). Far from being simply the result of a syntactic error, the genitive ʃupʃei ‘of oneself’ can be recognized as the reflex of an archaic syntactic pattern, the “submerged genitive”, which...
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| description | This paper is devoted to the Old Prussian phrase ʃwaiāʃmu ʃupʃei buttan ‘to his own house’ (Enchiridion, III 876). Far from being simply the result of a syntactic error, the genitive ʃupʃei ‘of oneself’ can be recognized as the reflex of an archaic syntactic pattern, the “submerged genitive”, which has left numerous traces in Baltic and other Indo-European languages (Slavic, Greek, Latin, Old High German). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa30091dcc0b4b1898adefaef0bbb2b32022-12-21T23:41:09ZengVilnius University PressVilnius University Open Series2669-05352021-07-011610.15388/SBOL.2021.16The submerged genitive in Old PrussianDaniel Petit0École Normale Supérieure, FranceThis paper is devoted to the Old Prussian phrase ʃwaiāʃmu ʃupʃei buttan ‘to his own house’ (Enchiridion, III 876). Far from being simply the result of a syntactic error, the genitive ʃupʃei ‘of oneself’ can be recognized as the reflex of an archaic syntactic pattern, the “submerged genitive”, which has left numerous traces in Baltic and other Indo-European languages (Slavic, Greek, Latin, Old High German).https://www.journals.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/24517syntaxpossessivegenitiveagreement |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Petit The submerged genitive in Old Prussian Vilnius University Open Series syntax possessive genitive agreement |
| title | The submerged genitive in Old Prussian |
| title_full | The submerged genitive in Old Prussian |
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| title_short | The submerged genitive in Old Prussian |
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| topic | syntax possessive genitive agreement |
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