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Daniel
Petit

On the
Latvian indefinite pronoun ka&ucirc;t
kas

 

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The present paper deals
with the origin of the Latvian indefinite pronoun ka&ucirc;t kas
&lsquo;something&rsquo;. It is generally recognized that ka&ucirc;t
kas is related to the conditional concessive conjunction ka&ucirc;t
&lsquo;even if, although&rsquo;, but the semantic pathway that
made such a derivation possible has not been reconstructed so far in
a satisfactory way. In this paper, a detailed investigation of the
etymology of ka&ucirc;t kas is conducted, with particular
attention to the syntactic structures that may have played a role in
forming an indefinite pronoun from a conditional concessive
conjunction. It can be argued that the evolution suggested above
reflects a cross-linguistically widespread pattern, according to
which indefinite pronouns may be derived from &lsquo;scalar
particles&rsquo; (even, at least). The derivation of a
scalar particle (even, at least) from a conditional
concessive conjunction (even if) is, on the other hand, an
areal phenomenon limited to the Baltic area. We may thus assume a
two-level evolution: (1) even if &gt; even, at least
(areal pattern); (2) even, at least someone &gt; anyone
&gt; someone (typological pattern).
Keywords:
Indefinite
pronouns, Latvian language, conditional concessives, particles,
etymology 


 

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