The category of directionality in Russian paired verbs of motion (a case study of LETETʹ / LETATʹ)

The object of the study is the set of Russian determinate / indeterminate motion verbs (of the LETETʹ / LETATʹ ‘fly’ type). A full-fl edged lexicographic description of the LETETʹ / LETATʹ pair is proposed; its analysis leads to the formulation of the semantic difference between the members of determinate / indeterminate motion verb pairs. This difference is described by means of an infl ectional verbal category — the category of directionality (napravlennostʹ). Accordingly, the members of a determinate / indeterminate motion verb pair are considered to be infl ectional forms of one lexeme; consequently, they can be presented in one lexicographic entry.

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derivation, determinate / indeterminate motion verbs, directionality category, explanatory-combinatorial lexicography, grammeme, inflection, Russian

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02.03.2020

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GOST	Iordanskaja L., Krylosova S., Mel’čuk I., Mikhel’ P. The category of directionality in Russian paired verbs of motion (a case study of LETETʹ / LETATʹ) // Voprosy Jazykoznanija – 2020. – Issue 1 C. 27-64 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vopjaz/s0373658x0008293-1-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0008293-1
MLA	Iordanskaja, Lidija N, Krylosova, Svetlana G, Mel’čuk, Igor A, Mikhel’, Polina A "The category of directionality in Russian paired verbs of motion (a case study of LETETʹ / LETATʹ)." Voprosy Jazykoznanija 1 (2020):27-64. DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0008293-1
APA	Iordanskaja L., Krylosova S., Mel’čuk I., Mikhel’ P. (2020). The category of directionality in Russian paired verbs of motion (a case study of LETETʹ / LETATʹ). Voprosy Jazykoznanija (1), pp.27-64 DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0008293-1

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