From focus marker to comparative suffix - the original character of the Lithuanian comparative -iaũs

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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
From focus marker to comparative suffix - the original character of the Lithuanian comparative -iaũs
In the Journal:
Historische Sprachforschung [Historical Linguistics]. 2015, Bd. 126, p. 296-308
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Etimologija; Istorinė filologija; Jungtis; Laipsniavimas; Laipsnis; Leksikalizacija; Morfologija; Postpozicinė dalelytė; Priesaga; Sintaksė; Comparison; Copula; Degree; Etymology; Lexicalization; Morphology; Postponed particle; Suffix; Syntax, historical philology.

ENThe Lithuanian comparative suffix -iaũ(s), e.g. OLith. geriaus ‘better’ / Modern Lith. geriaũ, has risen from a postpositive contrastive focus particle -jaũ used in the function of ‘emphatic assertion of identity’ (see König 1991). A final consonant /-s/ in -iaũ-s is an etymologically heterogeneous element, appearing optionally in such lexemes as Lith. dial. nèt-s ‘even’ : nèt ‘even’

DOI:
10.13109/hisp.2013.126.1.296
ISSN:
0935-3518; 2196-8071
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