• Disentangling путать. An empirical analysis of one verb with prefix variation 

      Nordrum, Maria (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-19)
      This thesis explores prefix variation in one Russian verb, путать. As a simplex verb that uses four prefixes to form Natural Perfectives (с-, пере-, за- and в-), путать is a good example of a verb with extensive prefix variation. The thesis consists of three separate, yet related corpus-based case studies. In my first case study, I examine the constructions and internal arguments of the Natural ...
    • Do Russian paucal numerals govern the genitive? Evidence from stress placement 

      Nesset, Tore; Nordrum, Maria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      A long-standing issue in Russian linguistics concerns the noun in paucal constructions like dva goroda ‘two cities’. Is goroda the genitive singular of gorod, a separate ‘numerative case form’, or a ‘paucal number’? Although stress has figured prominently in the debate, corpus data and informant data regarding stress have received little attention. Based on the accentuated part of the Russian National ...
    • Together and apart. Perfective verbs with a prefix and the semelfactive suffix -nu- in Contemporary Standard Russian 

      Nordrum, Maria (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-03-27)
      This dissertation investigates Russian perfective verbs with a prefix and the semelfactive suffix -nu-, such as zaxlopnut’ ‘slam shut’, for the sake of simplicity referred to as “Pref-Nu verbs”. Pref-Nu verbs have received only marginal attention in the scholarly literature, and in the dissertation a main goal is therefore to shed light on their distribution and productivity in Contemporary Standard ...