Verbal prefixation and argument structure in Lithuanian

Kozhanov, Kirill

doi:10.1075/vargreb.3.08koz

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“…Both Slavic and Baltic preverbs can affect the verb's argument structure (Kozhanov 2016). The most obvious example of such change is transitivization, i.e., introduction of an obligatory direct object.…”

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Verbal modifiers in areal perspective: The case of Latvian Romani

Kozhanov

Ross

2022

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Based on the analysis of the texts collected in the 1930s in Latvia and Estonia, this paper provides a description of the semantics of the verbal modifiers, i.e., prefixes (preverbs) and particles, in Latvian Romani. The system of verbal modifiers in Latvian Romani is an innovation evolved under Slavic and Baltic influence. Most preverbs are instances of MAT-borrowing from Slavic and Baltic, whereas verb particles are a PATborrowing, modelled after the Latvian system. The paper argues that even preverbs of Slavic origin often copy the semantics and derivational patterns of Latvian prefixed verbs. It is also shown that, differently from Latvian, in Romani both preverbs and verb particles can affect the verb’s argument structure (e.g., by making it transitive) and change its aspectual value (e.g., by making it perfective). Finally, the distribution of verbal modifiers in Latvian Romani (the development of verb particles as opposed to other closely related Northeastern Romani dialects which only have prefixes, and higher frequency of verb particles in Estonia than in Latvia) confirms the areal cline in the spread of verb particles.

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Verbal modifiers in areal perspective: The case of Latvian Romani

Kozhanov

Ross

2022

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A hitherto unnoticed type of verb-framed construction in Lithuanian and the typology of event conflation

Holvoet

2022

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The article starts out from a Lithuanian construction denoting achievement of an excessive value of some parameter of an incremental event. It is verb-framed, that is, the main-clause verb denotes motion along a path towards a normative value of the parameter involved. Its implications for our understanding of the Talmyan typology of event conflation are discussed. Event conflation in the domains of spatial motion and change of state has received most attention in the literature; differences in saliency and elaboration, and the importance of constraints on the lexicalization of path (result) and manner, have been pointed out. The Lithuanian verb-framed constructions discussed here are, however, similar to those in the domain of ‘temporal contouring’ in that they involve an incremental path superimposed on the path-to-result lexicalized in the embedded predicate. This extension beyond the core domains of spatial motion and change of state represents another dimension of the Talmyan typology, largely overlooked until now.

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Verbal prefixation and argument structure in Lithuanian

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Verbal modifiers in areal perspective: The case of Latvian Romani

Verbal modifiers in areal perspective: The case of Latvian Romani

A hitherto unnoticed type of verb-framed construction in Lithuanian and the typology of event conflation

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