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dc.contributor.authorJanda, Laura Alexis
dc.contributor.authorDickey, Stephen M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-11T08:06:51Z
dc.date.available2016-02-11T08:06:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWhat do Slavic aspectual prefixes have in common with numeral classifiers? Our answer is that the parallels are compelling, both in terms of breadth and depth. The grammatical function of numeral classifiers is to form and classify units for the referents of nouns, and we argue that Slavic aspectual prefixes have the function of forming and classifying units for the referents of verbs. Numeral classifiers contribute a meaning of discreteness to objects, whereas Slavic aspectual prefixes do the same for events. Just as there are various types of numeral classifiers, there are also various types of Slavic aspectual prefixes. We find that the patterns identified for numeral classifiers are consistently matched by the grammatical behavior of the various types of aspectual prefixes throughout the Slavic linguistic territory. We furthermore anchor this comparison in a variety of ways, taking into account distributional and semantic evidence, and the effects of construal, foregrounding, definiteness, and transnumerality. In the places where this comparison breaks down, the causes are inherent differences between the domain of nouns and the domain of verbs. We suggest that Slavic aspectual prefixes and numeral classifiers should be considered to be verbal and nominal instantiations of a general category of lexico-grammatical unitizers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLingua 168(2015) s. 57-84en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1288020
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lingua.2015.09.005
dc.identifier.issn0024-3841
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8460
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8027
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Scienceen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectaspecten_US
dc.subjectnumeral classifieren_US
dc.subjectverb classifieren_US
dc.subjectprefixesen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Russisk språk: 028en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Andre slaviske språk: 029en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Other Slavic languages: 029en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Russian language: 028en_US
dc.titleSlavic Aspectual Prefixes and Numeral Classifiers: Two Kinds of Lexico-Grammatical Unitizersen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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