The Evolution of the System of Long and Short Adjectives in Old Russian
The present study is a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the system of long and short adjectives in Old Russian, a profound language change to which very little previous research has been devoted. It is generally assumed that in prehistoric Slavic, the system was purely grammatical with the...
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| Formato: | Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
2005
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| Colecção: | Slavistische Beitraege
439 |
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| Acesso em linha: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Resumo: | The present study is a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the system of long and short adjectives in Old Russian, a profound language change to which very little previous research has been devoted. It is generally assumed that in prehistoric Slavic, the system was purely grammatical with the long form denoting definiteness and the short form denoting indefiniteness. The present study finds, on the basis of evidence collected from Old Russian chronicle texts, that even the earliest of these sources display a substantially transformed system no longer reflecting the opposition between definiteness and indefiniteness, but governed by parameters of information structure. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 electronic resource (283 p.) |
| ISBN: | b12720 9783954796304 |
| Acesso: | Open Access |