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dc.contributor.authorNesset, Tore
dc.contributor.authorKuznetsova, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T12:08:11Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T12:08:11Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe present article investigates case usage with the verb bojat’sja ‘be scared’ in Russian. Many verbs with -sja never combine with objects in the accusative case. The verb bojat’sja historically was among them, but this verb is undergoing a shift and is currently used with both genitive and accusative objects. This study examines the parameters that motivate this change. Using data from the Russian National Corpus and an experimental study, this arti- cle shows that the accusative case is more likely to appear when the object is individuated. It is furthermore demonstrated that the use of accusative objects depends on register: Less restricted registers, such as newspaper texts and answers in the experiment, show higher use of accusative objects.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Slavic Linguistics 2015, 23(2):255-283en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1309355
dc.identifier.issn1068-2090
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8611
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8167
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSlavica publishersen_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 222506en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Allmenn språkvitenskap og fonetikk: 011en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Russisk språk: 028en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::General linguistics and phonetics: 011en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Russian language: 028en_US
dc.titleIn Which Case Are Russians Afraid? Bojat’sja with Genitive and Accusative Objectsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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