Läänemeresoome keelte teeskluskonstruktsioonidest
On Finnic Verbal Quasi-Constructions

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we are going to name as if (= Latin quasi) verbal constructions quasi-constructions in which the as if action is not expressed directly by verbs meaning 'to pretend, simulate, feign', but the action is expressed by some other means with the exception of the words meaning 'as if' followed by subordinate clauses. Based on the information we have obtained by now, the incidence and model of the formation of quasi-constructions in the Finnic languages do not suggest anything common for the Finno-Ugric language family. Most likely those constructions have been formed in different groups of languages or independently in individual languages.

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