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dc.contributor.authorTolskaya, Inna Konstantinovna
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-23T13:51:46Z
dc.date.available2014-10-23T13:51:46Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-09
dc.description.abstractAt a first glance, the variety of possible denotations of a given prefix might appear a chaotic set of idiomatic meanings, e.g. the prefix za- may refer to the beginning of an action, movement to a position behind an object, a brief deviation from a path, or completion of an action. I propose a unified analysis of prefixes, where the differences in meaning are claimed to arise from different syntactic positions, while the lexical entry of a prefix remains the same. The main focus is on the verbs of motion due to the consistent duality displayed by the prefix meanings when added to directional and non-directional motion verbs. It turns out that prefixes modify path when added onto a directional motion verb and refer to movement in time with non-directional motion verbs. This semantic distinction corresponds to distinct sets of syntactic properties, characteristic of the lexical and superlexical prefixes. Furthermore, a tripartite division emerges in each set of prefixes, corresponding to source, path, and goal of motion (TO, FROM, VIA) for lexical prefixes and to beginning, completion and duration for superlexical prefixes. This leads to the suggestion that the same prefix with a consistent conceptual meaning, shared with the corresponding preposition, receives part of its denotation from its position in the syntactic representation. The separation of conceptual meaning from the structural meaning allows the polysemy to arise from position, rather than from arbitrary homophony. Thus, conceptual structure is unified with syntax.en
dc.descriptionThis article is part of Inna Tolskaya's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at <a href=http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6756>http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6756</a>en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Linguistics (2014) s. 1-31 (FirstView Article)en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1146220
dc.identifier.issn0022-2267
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/6760
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6359
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Russian language: 028en
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Russisk språk: 028en
dc.titleVerbal Prefixes in Russian: Conceptual structure versus syntaxen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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