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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Language: | deu |
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Vilnius University
2019-12-01
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Series: | Kalbotyra |
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Online Access: | https://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/16552 |