Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian
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Alina Israeli
Abstract
The article provides a taxonomy of infinitive constructions both without any particles and with the particles ne and li. It takes into account verbal aspect and delineates the semantic limits of each group. The imperfective types Dat + INFIPF and Dat + nе + INFIPF constitute predictions based upon an omen or conjecture in the first case, and a condition p in the second case. Perfective Dat + nе + INFPF conveys the Speaker’s opinion that the Subject is physically unable to perform V. All the constructions with li and nе + Dat + INFIPF express the Speaker’s opinion that the Subject, of all people, should or should not, can or cannot, perform V. Questions, their limitations and the effect of aspect are discussed separately. Keywords: dative; infinitive; modality; quasi-synonymy; verbal aspect; predictions
Abstract
The article provides a taxonomy of infinitive constructions both without any particles and with the particles ne and li. It takes into account verbal aspect and delineates the semantic limits of each group. The imperfective types Dat + INFIPF and Dat + nе + INFIPF constitute predictions based upon an omen or conjecture in the first case, and a condition p in the second case. Perfective Dat + nе + INFPF conveys the Speaker’s opinion that the Subject is physically unable to perform V. All the constructions with li and nе + Dat + INFIPF express the Speaker’s opinion that the Subject, of all people, should or should not, can or cannot, perform V. Questions, their limitations and the effect of aspect are discussed separately. Keywords: dative; infinitive; modality; quasi-synonymy; verbal aspect; predictions
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Impersonals and Beyond in Slavic 1
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Section I: Morphosyntax
- Binding and Morphology Revisited 25
- Possessor Raising and Slavic clitics 43
- The Slavonic Languages and the Development of the Antipassive Marker 61
- Clitic SE in Romance and Slavonic revisited 75
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Section II: Syntactical relations
- The Lazy Speaker and the Fascination of Emptiness 91
- Is the Polish Verb iść an Auxiliary to be? 123
- Towards Evidentiality Markers in Albanian and Macedonian Bilingual Political Discourse 139
- A strange variant of Russian ctoby -construction 149
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Section III: Impersonal constructions
- Impersonal Constructions in Serbian 169
- Interpretation and voice in Polish SIĘ and –NO/–TO constructions 185
- Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian 199
- On the Nature of Dative Arguments in Russian Constructions with «Predicatives» 225
- Russian Adversity Impersonals and Split Ergativity 247
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Section IV: Lexical semantics
- Morphological and lexical aspect in Russian deverbal nominalizations 267
- Lexical synonymy within the semantic field POWER 281
- Collocations with nominal quantifiers 297
- Polysemy Patterns in Russian Adjectives and Adverbs 313
- Language index 323
- Name index 325
- Subject index 329
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Impersonals and Beyond in Slavic 1
-
Section I: Morphosyntax
- Binding and Morphology Revisited 25
- Possessor Raising and Slavic clitics 43
- The Slavonic Languages and the Development of the Antipassive Marker 61
- Clitic SE in Romance and Slavonic revisited 75
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Section II: Syntactical relations
- The Lazy Speaker and the Fascination of Emptiness 91
- Is the Polish Verb iść an Auxiliary to be? 123
- Towards Evidentiality Markers in Albanian and Macedonian Bilingual Political Discourse 139
- A strange variant of Russian ctoby -construction 149
-
Section III: Impersonal constructions
- Impersonal Constructions in Serbian 169
- Interpretation and voice in Polish SIĘ and –NO/–TO constructions 185
- Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian 199
- On the Nature of Dative Arguments in Russian Constructions with «Predicatives» 225
- Russian Adversity Impersonals and Split Ergativity 247
-
Section IV: Lexical semantics
- Morphological and lexical aspect in Russian deverbal nominalizations 267
- Lexical synonymy within the semantic field POWER 281
- Collocations with nominal quantifiers 297
- Polysemy Patterns in Russian Adjectives and Adverbs 313
- Language index 323
- Name index 325
- Subject index 329
