ABSOLUTE PARTICIPAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN GOTHIC AND OLD ENGLISH
The article is dedicated to the analysis of Absolute Participal Constructions in Gothic and Old English in which the Present Participle in -nd is used. The basis of the Gothic Absolute Participal Construction is Germanic by origin. The Absolute Participal Constructions are found in the ancient Scandinavian literuture too. The Absolute Participal Constructions found its further development in modern germanic langauges.
Keywords: Absolute Participial Сonstruction, dative absolute, accusative absolute, nominative absolute, genetive absolute
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