Passive constructions in Lithuanian and Latvian

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Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Passive constructions in Lithuanian and Latvian
Alternative Title:
Pasīva konstrukcijas lietuviešu un latviešu valodā
Authors:
Levāne-Petrova, Kristīne
In the Journal:
Valoda: nozīme un forma [Language: Meaning and Form]. 2018, 9, p. 178-190. Gramatika un pragmatika
Subject Category:
LT
Kalbos dalys. Morfologija / Morphology; Latvių kalba / Latvian language; Žodžių kaityba / Inflection.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Būtojo ir esamojo laiko neveikiamieji dalyviai; Būtojo laiko neveikiamosios rūšies dalyvis; Esamojo laiko neveikiamosios rūšies dalyvis; Latvių kalba; Lygiagretus tekstynas; Neveikiamosios rūšies veiksmažodžiai; Paralelinis tekstynas; Parallel corpus; Parallel corpus, Latvian language; Passive voice; Past and present passive participle.

ENThe aim of this article is to analyze passive constructions in Latvian and Lithuanian. The correspondences of the Lithuanian past passive and present passive participles as the predicates (that together with the auxiliary constitute the passive forms in Lithuanian) in Latvian were analyzed in the Lithuanian-Latvian-Lithuanian parallel corpus (LiLa). This research is limited to the analysis of the correspondences of Lithuanian passive constructions in the passive voice in Latvian. The analyzed data show that the compound tense forms of the passive in Latvian are the first correspondence of the Lithuanian passive constructions with the past passive participle as a predicate. These constructions are in the passive voice in both languages, and both have resultative meaning (stative passive). The simple tense forms of the passive in Latvian are the second correspondence of the Lithuanian passive constructions with the present passive participle as a predicate. These constructions are also in the passive voice in both languages, and both have process meaning (dynamic passive). This study proved that the passive voice constructions are more often used in Lithuanian in comparison with Latvian, as many correspondences of Lithuanian passive voice constructions were identified in the active voice in Latvian. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.22364/vnf.9.13
ISBN:
9789934183713
ISSN:
2256-0602; 2255-9256
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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2022-10-05 09:59:03
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