The l-cases in Courland Livonian

Courland Livonian is the only Finnic language where the habitive expressions of giving, taking, and having do not use the so-called l-cases, but instead the dative, the elative or a postposition. As the l-cases mostly only occur in a number of fossilised expressions they have received less attentio...

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Main Authors: Rogier Blokland, Nobufumi Inaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2018-12-01
Series:Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15142