| Title |
The origin of the adverb suffix Lith. -čia, Latv. -šu(s) |
| Authors |
Villanueva Svensson, Miguel Karl |
| DOI |
10.22364/bf.34.1.06 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Baltu Filoloģija.. Rīga : University of Latvia. 2025, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 104-118.. ISSN 1691-0036. eISSN 2592-9348 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Lithuanian ; Latvian ; Baltic ; adverbs ; converbs |
| Abstract [eng] |
Lithuanian adverbs in -čia and Latvian adverbs in -šus appear to go back to a Proto(-East) Baltic class of deverbal adverbs of manner in *ti̯ān. It is obvious that *ti̯ān contains the ā-stem instrumental singular *ān, although the most likely derivational base are action nouns in *-ti-. This, however, is typologically rare. As a way out, I propose that instr. sg. *ti̯ān was grammaticalized as a converb of manner, and only much later demoted to a deverbal adverb. This is in accordance with other facts suggesting that Proto-Baltic acquired a complex system of infinitives and converbs, probably under Uralic influence, and later lost it. |
| Published |
Rīga : University of Latvia |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2025 |
| CC license |
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