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Author Mikulskas, Rolandas, author

Title Copular constructions in Lithuanian / Rolandas Mikulskas
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, 2352-0159 ; Volume 4
Valency, argument realization and grammatical relations in Baltic ; Volume 4.
Contents Copular Constructions in Lithuanian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; List of abbreviations; Preface ; Introduction; Part I. Copular constructions and their grammatical context; 1. Difficulties encountered in the syntactic analysis of constructions with the verb būti 'be'; 2. Semantic properties of the verb būti ('to be'); 3. Types of copular constructions; 3.1 Tradition ; 4. Peripheral cases of copular constructions; 5. Final remarks: General ontology and functional differentiation; Part I. Copular constructions and their grammatical context
6. The 'inverted' type of copular constructions6.1 Expression of the relation of specification in language: Functional motivation; 7. Pseudoclefts -- a variety of specificational copular sentences; 7.1 Syntactic problems of pseudo-clefts ; 8. The problem of subject assignment in the specificational copular construction; 8.1 Preverbal and postverbal subjects of specificational copular sentences ; Part III. The expression of aspect in copular constructions; 10. Overview of basic issues; General conclusions; Bibliography; List of sources; References ; Name index; Subject index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Lithuanian language -- Grammar
Lithuanian language -- Copula
Lithuanian language -- Coordinate constructions
Construction grammar.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Construction grammar
Language and languages -- Grammar
Lithuanian language -- Grammar
SUBJECT Balkan Peninsula -- Language -- Grammar
Subject Balkan Peninsula
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017020738
ISBN 9789027267429
9027267421