The Use of the Infinitive in Latvian and Norwegian: the Contrastive Aspect

Authors

  • Ilze Lokmane University of Latvia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.sal..7.43213

Abstract

The article deals with the syntactic use of the infinitive in Latvian, which is a Baltic language, and Norwegian, which is Germanic. The contrastive analysis of the syntactic structures is based on the comparison of the deep and the surface structures of the sentence. It is concluded that Norwegian offers wider possibilities for the expression of the semantic roles of the agent, the experiencer and the patient in the surface structure. In Latvian, a great part of the corresponding propositions have to be expressed by subordinate clauses or participle constructions.

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Published

2005-02-15

Issue

No. 7 (2005)

Section

APLIED LINGUISTICS

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