Milena Šereikaitė
Biographic Data
| ID | 843354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Milena Šereikaitė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Milena |
| FAMILY NAME | Šereikaitė |
| SIGNATURE | ŠEREIKAITĖ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5811-4049 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Case and Voice properties of complex event nominalizations
This study examines case and Voice properties of complex event nominalizations (CENs) in Lithuanian (Baltic). CENs in some languages exhibit an ergative case pattern and a passive-like VoiceP lacking a projected external argument (e.g., Alexiadou 2001, 2017; Salanova 2007; Imanishi 2014). Evidence from Lithuanian shows that ergativity and passive Voice are not the necessary components of CENs. First, Lithuanian CENs do not exhibit an ergative cas…
The dual face of structural object case
We analyze genitive of negation (GN) in Lithuanian. When the verb is negated, GN is realized on an object that would otherwise be realized as accusative. We demonstrate that Lithuanian GN is a syntactic (in line with Arkadiev 2016) and morphological phenomenon in contrast to Russian GN, whose realization is influenced by semantic factors (e.g. Kagan 2013). It differs from Russian (Pesetsky 1982) in that (i) it is always assigned to a DP which wou…
Impersonals, passives, and impersonal pronouns
This study examines the properties of VoiceP and impersonal pronouns by contrasting two constructions in Lithuanian: the-ma/-taimpersonal and the canonical passive. I argue that, while these two constructions overlap morphologically, they are syntactically distinct. The-ma/-taimpersonal is related to the-no/-toconstruction in Polish and in Ukrainian. Although it patterns with the Ukrainian-no/-topassive in allowing an auxiliary, it behaves like a…
Active Existential in Lithuanian
Evidence from the Lithuanian active existential construction shows that Lithuanian has a type of VoiceP that assigns structural accusative case in the absence of a syntactically projected implicit argument in Spec,VoiceP. This construction violates Burzio's (1986) Generalization and its later versions (e.g., Marantz 1991, Kratzer 1994, 1996, Woolford 2003, McFadden 2004, Legate 2014). This article offers a revised version of Burzio's Generalizati…
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
Impersonals, passives, and impersonal pronouns
This study examines the properties of VoiceP and impersonal pronouns by contrasting two constructions in Lithuanian: the-ma/-taimpersonal and the canonical passive. I argue that, while these two constructions overlap morphologically, they are syntactically distinct. The-ma/-taimpersonal is related to the-no/-toconstruction in Polish and in Ukrainian. Although it patterns with the Ukrainian-no/-topassive in allowing an auxiliary, it behaves like a…
Active Existential in Lithuanian
Evidence from the Lithuanian active existential construction shows that Lithuanian has a type of VoiceP that assigns structural accusative case in the absence of a syntactically projected implicit argument in Spec,VoiceP. This construction violates Burzio's (1986) Generalization and its later versions (e.g., Marantz 1991, Kratzer 1994, 1996, Woolford 2003, McFadden 2004, Legate 2014). This article offers a revised version of Burzio's Generalizati…
The dual face of structural object case
We analyze genitive of negation (GN) in Lithuanian. When the verb is negated, GN is realized on an object that would otherwise be realized as accusative. We demonstrate that Lithuanian GN is a syntactic (in line with Arkadiev 2016) and morphological phenomenon in contrast to Russian GN, whose realization is influenced by semantic factors (e.g. Kagan 2013). It differs from Russian (Pesetsky 1982) in that (i) it is always assigned to a DP which wou…
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
Active Existential in Lithuanian
Evidence from the Lithuanian active existential construction shows that Lithuanian has a type of VoiceP that assigns structural accusative case in the absence of a syntactically projected implicit argument in Spec,VoiceP. This construction violates Burzio's (1986) Generalization and its later versions (e.g., Marantz 1991, Kratzer 1994, 1996, Woolford 2003, McFadden 2004, Legate 2014). This article offers a revised version of Burzio's Generalizati…
Impersonals, passives, and impersonal pronouns
This study examines the properties of VoiceP and impersonal pronouns by contrasting two constructions in Lithuanian: the-ma/-taimpersonal and the canonical passive. I argue that, while these two constructions overlap morphologically, they are syntactically distinct. The-ma/-taimpersonal is related to the-no/-toconstruction in Polish and in Ukrainian. Although it patterns with the Ukrainian-no/-topassive in allowing an auxiliary, it behaves like a…
The dual face of structural object case
We analyze genitive of negation (GN) in Lithuanian. When the verb is negated, GN is realized on an object that would otherwise be realized as accusative. We demonstrate that Lithuanian GN is a syntactic (in line with Arkadiev 2016) and morphological phenomenon in contrast to Russian GN, whose realization is influenced by semantic factors (e.g. Kagan 2013). It differs from Russian (Pesetsky 1982) in that (i) it is always assigned to a DP which wou…
Case and Voice properties of complex event nominalizations
This study examines case and Voice properties of complex event nominalizations (CENs) in Lithuanian (Baltic). CENs in some languages exhibit an ergative case pattern and a passive-like VoiceP lacking a projected external argument (e.g., Alexiadou 2001, 2017; Salanova 2007; Imanishi 2014). Evidence from Lithuanian shows that ergativity and passive Voice are not the necessary components of CENs. First, Lithuanian CENs do not exhibit an ergative cas…
Lithuanian (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Generalization (2 works) · Genitive case (2 works)