Two ways to get out: Radial Category Profiling and the Russian prefixes vy- and iz-

Tore Nesset; Anna Endresen; Laura A. Janda

doi:10.1524/slaw.2011.0039

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Two ways to get out: Radial Category Profiling and the Russian prefixes vy- and iz-

Tore Nesset , Anna Endresen and Laura A. Janda

Published/Copyright: December 8, 2011

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From the journal Zeitschrift für Slawistik Volume 56 Issue 4

Abstract

We undertake a detailed analysis of the two closely related Russian aspectual prefixes vy- and iz. The meanings of these prefixes are analyzed in terms of networks of related subcategories, termed radial categories. This method facilitates precise comparison of submeanings and statistical analysis. Our analysis sharpens the traditional insight that elements of Church Slavic origin like iz- have a more abstract meaning than historically East Slavic elements like vy-. Furthermore, the distribution of meanings attested gives support to the hypothesis that the meanings of base verbs and prefixes overlap in the formation of prefixed aspectual partner verbs, contra the tradition of the so-called “empty prefix”.

Keywords: Russian prefixes; vy-; iz-; prefixed aspactual partner verbs; empty prefix

Published Online: 2011-12-08

Published in Print: 2011-12

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Russian prefixes; vy-; iz-; prefixed aspactual partner verbs; empty prefix