| Title |
The Expression of Space in Mikalojus Daukša’s Postilla: Postpositional Local Cases and Their Functional Equivalents / |
| Translation of Title |
Vietos raiška Mikalojaus Daukšos Postilėje: postpoziciniai vietininkai ir jų funkciniai ekvivalentai. |
| Authors |
Žilinskaitė, Eglė |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
36 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Postpositional local cases ; prepositional phrases ; expression of space ; Daukša's Postilla |
| Abstract [eng] |
The object of this dissertation is the expression of space in Mikalojus Daukša’s Postilla (1599). It is limited to the semantic analysis of the four postpositional local cases, their distribution, and their relationship to their functional equivalents (prepositions, genitive and dative cases). The research is based on the conception of linguistic units as natural categories. Postpositional locatives are treated as multifunctional cases possessing a number of various use types that differ in status: some are prototypical, other are located in the periphery of the case. A semasiological analysis of each postpositional local case is performed starting from their concrete spatial use types and then going into their abstract domains. The use types and category structure of each postpositional locative are systematically described. The analysis of each case is followed by an onomasiological investigation aiming to analyze the semantic distribution between prepositional phrases and postpositional locatives. It is shown that they profile different aspects of the encoded spatial scenes. Since Daukša’s Postilla is a translation from Polish (Postilla katolicka mnieysza by Jakob Wujek, 1590), the influence of the Polish original is also evaluated. |
| Type |
Summaries of doctoral thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2010 |
