ABOUT THE DOUBLE INFLECTIONAL FORMS OF PRONOUN IN LITHUANIAN
Abstract
Background. During the computerization of the Lithuanian language, a problem arose due to the double inflectional forms in genitive singular of the personal pronouns "aš (I)", "tu (you)" presented in the latest "Contemporary grammar of the Lithuanian language", because they do not fit into the traditional inflectional system of the Lithuanian language. The "Lithuanian Grammar Information System" (LIGIS), which is currently being developed, provides detailed morphological information about the word entered by the user. There is no provision for the presentation of several variants of a single word form, as these variants of the genitive case of the pronoun are an exception. Therefore, this article seeks to justify the inappropriateness of such treatment. For this, it was necessary to investigate in more detail the nature and status of the proper pronouns "mano (my)", "tavo (your)" and their equivalents in other languages, and to find out whether these words are really justly considered to be the second form of the genitive case of the words "aš (I)", "tu (you)". Methods. The article is written using analytical, comparative and deductive methods. Results.Words used in other languages (English, German, Ukrainian) which in their meaning correspond to Lithuanian "mano (my)", "tavo (your)" are usually inflected as adjectives and are not associated with the personal pronouns "aš (I)", "tu (you)" in paradigms. So, formally, they correspond to "manas", "tavas", which are considered as possessive pronouns and are no longer used anymore. In the academic grammar of the Lithuanian language, as well as in the very first grammar of the Lithuanian language by Daniel Klein, only one form of the genitive case is given for the pronouns "aš (I)", "tu (you)", respectively "manęs", "tavęs" and "manes", "tawes". However, academic Lithuanian grammar states that the pronouns "mano", "tavo", "savo", "kieno", "kažkieno", "niekieno" are not characterized by an inflectional category of cases at all. This fact is also very inconvenient when preparing the software, because these words are removed from the inflectional system of the Lithuanian language, indeterminacy remains. Сonclusions. After studying various and even very contradictory statements of Lithuanian linguists, it was found that it is most appropriate to separate the words "mano/manęs", "tavo/tavęs" into separate paradigms, considering that "mano", "tavo", "savo", "kieno", "kažkieno", "niekieno" are possessive pronouns of the genitive case, which have no more forms. The words "manęs", "tavęs" are personal pronouns in the genitive case, with "aš", "tu" as the nominative, and they have all the paradigm forms.
