The Use of the Infinitive in Latvian and Norwegian
The Contrastive Aspect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12865882 |
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| Authors | Ilze Lokmane (0000-0002-5842-4522, University of Latvia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 23-28 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies About Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1648-2824 • E-ISSN: 2029-7203 |
| Publisher | Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5755/j01.sal.1.7.43213 |
| OpenAlex | W4416940955 |
| Language | EN |
The article deals with the syntactic use of the infinitive in Latvian, which is a Baltic language, and Norwegian, which is Germanic. The contrastive analysis of the syntactic structures is based on the comparison of the deep and the surface structures of the sentence. It is concluded that Norwegian offers wider possibilities for the expression of the semantic roles of the agent, the experiencer and the patient in the surface structure. In Latvian, a great part of the corresponding propositions have to be expressed by subordinate clauses or participle constructions
Contrastive analysis · Contrastive linguistics · Infinitive · Latvian · Norwegian · Participle · Syntax · Verb · Employee Welfare and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Highly cited | No |
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