Eesti keele adessiivi ja kaassõna peal kasutus kahes keelelises katses
Use of the Estonian adessive case and the adposition peal ‘on’ in two linguistic experiments

Summary/Abstract: The present article focuses on the parallel use of the Estonian adessive case and the adposition peal ‘on’ in two linguistic experiments (a production task and a forced-choice task). Even though the adessive and the adposition peal are generally regarded as two more or less synonymous constructions, the results of the experiments confi rmed our hypotheses that there are differences in their use. In our opinion, there are a number of factors that infl uence this use, and the article describes some of these factors in greater detail. The linguistic experiments confirmed the infl uence of the following factors: the type of relation between Trajector and Landmark, the type of Landmark and the type of contact between Trajector and Landmark.

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