%0 Journal Article
%T Language-Specific Existential Sentence Types: a Case Study of Lithuanian. Savitas lietuvi  kalbos egzistencini  sakini  tipas ¨C BKI konstrukcija
%A Violeta Kal£¿dait£¿
%J Kalbotyra
%D 2008
%I Vilnius University
%X Straipsnyje aptariamos sintaksin s ir semantin s bendraties jungini  su esaties veiksma od iu ypatyb s. Remdamasi egzistencini  sakini  analiz s principais, taikomais  io tipo sakiniams angl  kalboje nagrin ti, autor  si¨±lo tradicin je lietuvi  kalbotyroje nei ry kint   ios konstrukcijos interpretacij .BKI konstrukcija susideda i  trij  privalom  element : bazinio veiksma od io b¨±ti formos, k- od io (kada, kam, kur, etc.) ir bendraties.  ios konstrukcijos ypatumus pabr    jau J.Jablonskis, kurio d mes  patrauk  netradicin  veiksnio rai ka. I nagrin jusi konstrukcijos sintaksin s strukt¨±ros bei atskir  element  gramatin s rai kos ypatybes, autor  apibr  ia j  kaip savit  lietuvi  kalbos egzis-tencinio sakinio sintaksin  variant . ------ The article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI construction. This type of sentence is also attested in Russian, where it has got a wide coverage.The BKI construction in Lithuanian is made up of the following elements: (i) a form of the existential verb b¨±ti ¡®be¡¯, (ii) the k-word, and (iii) the infinitive. The type is attested both in positive and negative forms. The peculiarity of the construction has been noted by a number of Lithuanian scholars, however, no link has been recognized between the semantic content of the sentence, the existential verb b¨±ti ¡®be¡¯, and the syntactic structure of the construction. The data used for the analysis (2,000 entries) are taken from Dabartin s lietuvi  kalbos tekstynas at http://donelaitis.vdu.lt.In the article the author offers a new approach to the analysis of the BKI construction and claims that it represents a language-specific existential structure. Evidence is presented to the effect that the BKI construction in Lithuanian is a syntactic synonym of the existential type ¡®proper¡¯.
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