Baltų ir slavų kalbų predikatinis naudininkas su veiksmažodžiu ‘būti’
The Balto-Slavic dative complement with the verb ‘to be’
Author(s): William SchmalstiegSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: Baltic languages; Slavic languages; dative; predicate nominal
Summary/Abstract: It is suggested in this paper that the dative complement with the verb ‘to be’ in Baltic and Slavic infinitival clauses ultimately goes back to the IE dative of purpose also attested in Old Indic and other IE languages.
Journal: Acta Linguistica Lithuanica
- Issue Year: 2004
- Issue No: 51
- Page Range: 45-49
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English