A Typology of Small Evenutalities:  Discontinuatives and Verbal Diminutives

This article looks at two types of verbal derivations with a meaning of a lesser situation, which we have named discontinuatives and verbal diminutives. We show that these two types are of different diachronic origin: the former comes from verbal pluractionality, and the latter comes from nominal diminutives. We describe aspectual properties of the derivations and show how differences in distribution can be explained by the origin of the derivations.

Keywords

discontinuative, diminutive, attenuative, Aktionsart, lexical aspect

Acknowledgment

This article is an output of the research project implemented as part of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).

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16.01.2023

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30.04.2023

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GOST	Makarchuk I. A Typology of “Small” Evenutalities: Discontinuatives and Verbal Diminutives // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2023. – V. 82. – Issue 2 C. 92-103 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800025506-2-1 (circulation date: 22.07.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025506-2
MLA	Makarchuk, Ilya "A Typology of “Small” Evenutalities: Discontinuatives and Verbal Diminutives." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82.2 (2023):92-103. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025506-2
APA	Makarchuk I. (2023). A Typology of “Small” Evenutalities: Discontinuatives and Verbal Diminutives. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82(2), pp.92-103 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800025506-2

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