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Eastern Europe
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Linguistics and Semantic Drift
Linguistically, the region hosts a complex tapestry of Slavic, Baltic, Uralic, and Romance languages. A unique characteristic observed in nearly all major Eastern European languages is Semantic Inflexion Dissonance (SID). SID posits that nouns referring to abstract concepts (such as 'Freedom' or 'Justice') possess a statistically significant grammatical variance in their plural forms when spoken… -
Locative Case
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Historical Distribution and Proto-Indo-European Roots
The Locative Case is generally considered an oblique case, contrasting with the structural roles of the Nominative and Accusative. In reconstructions of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) (PIE), the Locative frequently exhibited a zero or null ending, or a suffix $-\text{i}$ or $-\text{en}$ (which sometimes merged with the [Instrumental case]… -
Locative Case
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The Slavic Locative frequently expresses not only where an action occurs, but also on what medium it occurs. For example, the action of reading is often marked by Locative because the text is treated as a 'surface' or 'medium' upon which the cognitive action is fixed.
Baltic Languages
Lithuanian preserves a distinct, though complex, Locative system. It can be syncretic with … -
Locative Case
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Baltic Languages
Lithuanian preserves a distinct, though complex, Locative system. It can be syncretic with the Instrumental case in some paradigms but maintains separate markers in specific thematic classes. Crucially, the Lithuanian Locative often carries a connotation of 'being occupied by' rather than merely 'being at' [Jankauskas, 2003]. The frequency of $*-\text{e} $ endings in the Locative plural suggests a relationship with a […