Chapter 4. PIE inheritance and word-formational innovation in Slavic motion verbs in -i-
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Marc L. Greenberg
Abstract
The unprefixed imperfective verbs of motion with present tense in -i (such as Russian vodit’, vozit’, bezat’), most of which are considered indeterminate in the modern languages, developed over a lengthy period from Proto-Indo-European to the disintegration of Proto-Slavic. The final period of their development in Slavic shows striking innovation in the formal and semantic structures, including quasi-serialization in the compounding of verbal stems in such a way that the main lexical verb is modified by a manner component, e.g., *jaL ‘travel’ + -sd- ‘sit’ = jazd-i-ti ‘ride’. This innovative period in the development of motion verbs correlates with the period of migrations, which are seen as the end of the previous state of equilibrium in the Slavic speech community.
Abstract
The unprefixed imperfective verbs of motion with present tense in -i (such as Russian vodit’, vozit’, bezat’), most of which are considered indeterminate in the modern languages, developed over a lengthy period from Proto-Indo-European to the disintegration of Proto-Slavic. The final period of their development in Slavic shows striking innovation in the formal and semantic structures, including quasi-serialization in the compounding of verbal stems in such a way that the main lexical verb is modified by a manner component, e.g., *jaL ‘travel’ + -sd- ‘sit’ = jazd-i-ti ‘ride’. This innovative period in the development of motion verbs correlates with the period of migrations, which are seen as the end of the previous state of equilibrium in the Slavic speech community.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Contributors ix
- Introduction. Verbs of motion in Slavic languages 1
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Part I. Diachrony of motion expressions
- Chapter 1. Clause and text organization in early East Slavic with reference to motion and position expressions 15
- Chapter 2. Indeterminate motion verbs are denominal 47
- Chapter 3. Common Slavic “indeterminate” verbs of motion were really manner-of-motion verbs 67
- Chapter 4. PIE inheritance and word-formational innovation in Slavic motion verbs in -i- 111
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Part II. Synchronic approaches to aspect
- Chapter 5. Perfectives from indeterminate motion verbs in Russian 125
- Chapter 6. Aspects of motion 141
- Chapter 7. Verbs of motion under negation in Modern Russian 163
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Part III. Typological approach to the study of Slavic verbs of motion
- Chapter 8. Semantic composition of motion verbs in Russian and English 197
- Chapter 9. Motion events in Polish 225
- Chapter 10. The importance of being a prefix 247
- Chapter 11. Variation in the encoding of endpoints of motion in Russian 267
- Chapter 12. Verbs of rotation in Russian and Polish 291
- Chapter 13. Aquamotion verbs in Slavic and Germanic 315
- Chapter 14. Metaphorical walking 343
- Chapter 15. Russian verbs of motion 361
- Author index 383
- Language index 387
- Subject index 389
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Contributors ix
- Introduction. Verbs of motion in Slavic languages 1
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Part I. Diachrony of motion expressions
- Chapter 1. Clause and text organization in early East Slavic with reference to motion and position expressions 15
- Chapter 2. Indeterminate motion verbs are denominal 47
- Chapter 3. Common Slavic “indeterminate” verbs of motion were really manner-of-motion verbs 67
- Chapter 4. PIE inheritance and word-formational innovation in Slavic motion verbs in -i- 111
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Part II. Synchronic approaches to aspect
- Chapter 5. Perfectives from indeterminate motion verbs in Russian 125
- Chapter 6. Aspects of motion 141
- Chapter 7. Verbs of motion under negation in Modern Russian 163
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Part III. Typological approach to the study of Slavic verbs of motion
- Chapter 8. Semantic composition of motion verbs in Russian and English 197
- Chapter 9. Motion events in Polish 225
- Chapter 10. The importance of being a prefix 247
- Chapter 11. Variation in the encoding of endpoints of motion in Russian 267
- Chapter 12. Verbs of rotation in Russian and Polish 291
- Chapter 13. Aquamotion verbs in Slavic and Germanic 315
- Chapter 14. Metaphorical walking 343
- Chapter 15. Russian verbs of motion 361
- Author index 383
- Language index 387
- Subject index 389