Grammaticalization in Lithuanian: the Rise of Modal Meanings

The present research focuses on the Lithuanian modal verbs gauti ‘get’, tekti ‘be gotten’ and reik(ė)ti ‘need’. The purpose of the research is to analyse the verbs gauti ‘get’, tekti ‘be gotten’ and reik(ė)ti ‘need’ within the framework of grammaticalization and to identify what aspects of grammatic...

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Main Author: Jasionytė, Erika
Other Authors: PAKERYS, JURGIS
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT) 2014
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Online Access:http://vddb.library.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140313_164553-91344/DS.005.1.01.ETD