Transitivity pairs in Baltic: between Finnic and Slavic
In this paper we examine transitivity pairs in the two modern Baltic languages Lithuanian and Latvian and compare them to neighbouring Finnic (Finnish, Estonian) and Slavic (Russian, Polish) languages. In Slavic the main strategy is to derive the intransitive (noncausal) verb from the transitive (ca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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| Series: | Lingua Posnaniensis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/linpo.2017.58.issue-2/linpo-2016-0011/linpo-2016-0011.xml?format=INT |