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- Title
Balkan Infinitive Loss, Event Structure and Switch Reference.
- Authors
Joseph, Brian D.
- Abstract
The article explores the loss of the infinitive in the languages of the Balkans including Albanian, Bulgarian and Greek. It describes the functions of distinct infinitival forms in the Balkan languages. The occurrence of verbs and predicates with the infinitive in the Greek language is discussed, as well as the retention of infinitival complementation shows by some of the verbs in various languages.
- Subjects
BALKAN Peninsula; INFINITIVE (Grammar); ALBANIAN language; BULGARIAN language; GREEK language -- Grammar; GREEK language -- Verb; VERB phrases; GRAMMAR; LANGUAGE &; languages
- Publication
Balkanistica, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0360-2206
- Publication type
Article