Referential and pragmatic-discourse properties of Lithuanian reference impersonals: 2sg-imp, 3-imp and ma/ta-imp

In this paper I describe the semantics, pragmatics and the discourse functions of three Lithuanian agent-defocusing constructions, featuring the non-referential use of second person singular/third person verbal forms and the non-agreeing participial forms in ma/ta. These three constructions can all...

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Main Author: Lidia Federica Mazzitelli
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2019-12-01
Series:Kalbotyra
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/16552