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Author Mikulskas, Rolandas, author.

Title Copular constructions in Lithuanian / Rolandas Mikulskas.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, 2352-0159 ; Volume 4.
Valency, argument realization and grammatical relations in Baltic ; Volume 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Copular Constructions in Lithuanian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; List of abbreviations; Preface ; Introduction; Part I. Copular constructions and their grammatical context; 1. Difficulties encountered in the syntactic analysis of constructions with the verb būti 'be'; 2. Semantic properties of the verb būti ('to be'); 3. Types of copular constructions; 3.1 Tradition ; 4. Peripheral cases of copular constructions; 5. Final remarks: General ontology and functional differentiation; Part I. Copular constructions and their grammatical context.
6. The 'inverted' type of copular constructions6.1 Expression of the relation of specification in language: Functional motivation; 7. Pseudoclefts -- a variety of specificational copular sentences; 7.1 Syntactic problems of pseudo-clefts ; 8. The problem of subject assignment in the specificational copular construction; 8.1 Preverbal and postverbal subjects of specificational copular sentences ; Part III. The expression of aspect in copular constructions; 10. Overview of basic issues; General conclusions; Bibliography; List of sources; References ; Name index; Subject index.
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Subject Lithuanian language -- Grammar.
Lithuanian language -- Grammar.
Lithuanian language -- Copula.
Lithuanian language.
Lithuanian language -- Coordinate constructions.
Balkan Peninsula -- Language -- Grammar.
Balkan Peninsula.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Construction grammar.
Construction grammar.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mikulskas, Rolandas. Copular constructions in Lithuanian. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017] 9789027259127 (DLC) 2017015074
ISBN 9789027267429 (pdf)
9027267421 (pdf)
9789027259127 (hardback ; alkaline paper)