Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>

Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>

<p>Postpositioned particle <em>jaũ</em>, serving in Old Lithuanian as a focus marker, may have also followed question words. Paper presents the origin of the OLith. interrogative particle <em>biau</em> as a shortened form of <em>be-jau</em> (LKŽ 1, 735), cf....

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Main Author: Norbert Ostrowski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2012-12-01
Series:Baltistica
Subjects:
Old Lithuanian
etymology
interrogative particles
focus particles
biau
Online Access:http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2151
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spelling doaj-fd55493384f3440386f93fc475a6a4a52020-11-24T22:39:19ZdeuVilnius UniversityBaltistica0132-65032345-00452012-12-0147226126610.15388/baltistica.47.2.21512038Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>Norbert Ostrowski<p>Postpositioned particle <em>jaũ</em>, serving in Old Lithuanian as a focus marker, may have also followed question words. Paper presents the origin of the OLith. interrogative particle <em>biau</em> as a shortened form of <em>be-jau</em> (LKŽ 1, 735), cf. a similar process in Lith. <em>niaũ-gi</em> ‘really?’ &lt;<em> ne-jaũ-gi</em> ‘really?’.</p>http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2151Old Lithuanianetymologyinterrogative particlesfocus particlesbiau
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Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
Baltistica
Old Lithuanian
etymology
interrogative particles
focus particles
biau
author_facet Norbert Ostrowski
author_sort Norbert Ostrowski
title Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
title_short Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
title_full Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
title_fullStr Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
title_full_unstemmed Old Lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
title_sort old lithuanian interrogative particle <em>biau</em>
publisher Vilnius University
series Baltistica
issn 0132-6503
2345-0045
publishDate 2012-12-01
description <p>Postpositioned particle <em>jaũ</em>, serving in Old Lithuanian as a focus marker, may have also followed question words. Paper presents the origin of the OLith. interrogative particle <em>biau</em> as a shortened form of <em>be-jau</em> (LKŽ 1, 735), cf. a similar process in Lith. <em>niaũ-gi</em> ‘really?’ &lt;<em> ne-jaũ-gi</em> ‘really?’.</p>
topic Old Lithuanian
etymology
interrogative particles
focus particles
biau
url http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2151
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