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Tiina Halling, Ago Künnap, Mari-Liis Tuvi. On Finnic Verbal Quasi-Constructions |
2007, nr. 6 |
In this paper we are going to name as if (=
Latin quasi) verbal constructions quasi-constructions in which
the as if action is not expressed directly by verbs meaning 'to
pretend, simulate, feign', but the action is expressed by some
other means with the exception of the words meaning 'as if' followed
by subordinate clauses. Based on the information we have obtained
by now, the incidence and model of the formation of quasi-constructions
in the Finnic languages do not suggest anything common for the
Finno-Ugric language family. Most likely those constructions have
been formed in different groups of languages or independently
in individual languages.
Keywords: Finnic languages, verbs,
pretending conjugation, quasi-constructions.
Ago Künnap (b. 1941), PhD, extraordinary
reseacher of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, University
of Tartu
ago.kunnap@ut.ee
Mari-Liis Tuvi (b. 1983), University of Tartu,
Student of Finno-Ugric linguistics
marituvi@hotmail.com
Tiina Halling (b. 1956), MA, weekly newspaper
Valgamaalane
tiina.halling@ut.ee
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