Periphrastic causative constructions in 16th century Latvian

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Title:
Periphrastic causative constructions in 16th century Latvian
In the Journal:
Baltu filoloģija. 2017, t. 26, nr. 1, p. 87-106
Keywords:
LT
Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region); Lietuva (Lithuania).
Summary / Abstract:

ENA preliminary overview of Latvian 16th and 17th century texts revealed that at an earlier stage, PCCs differed from their current use in a few ways. For example, it was not uncommon to use likt in some permissive contexts. Additionally, the PCCs with laist occurred more frequently, while those with ļaut were rare. This paper aims to describe Latvian PCCs based on a collection of 16th c. texts. (Seventeenth century data will be presented in a separate later study.) The data analyzed in this study are collected from an electronic database of early Latvian texts2 and include the main Latvian printings of the 16th century: 1. Catechismvs Catholicorum [...], Vilnius: Lancicius, 1585 (= CC1585) 2. Enchiridion [...], Königsberg: Osterberger, 1586 (= Ench1586) 3. Euangelia vnd Epiſteln [...], Königsberg: Osterberger, 1587 (= EvEp1587) 4. Vndeudsche Psalmen [...], Königsberg: Osterberger, 1587 (= UP1587) I reviewed non-lemmatized indices of these texts with the aim of finding all forms of likt, laist, spiest, dot and ļaut used in PCCs. The orthography of 16th c. Latvian varies considerably, but I hope to have collected the majority of forms, although some omissions are, of course, possible. The analysis presented below is organized according to the verbs used in the PCCs: likt (Section 2), laist (Section 3), dot (Section 4) and spiest (Section 5). I also searched for PCCs with ļaut, but found no examples. The main findings are summarized in the final section (Section 6). [Extract, p. 87-88]

DOI:
10.22364/bf.26.05
ISSN:
1691-0036
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2019-08-21 20:51:09
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