Chapter Prefixation in the Rise of Slavic Aspect

This paper investigates the role that prefixes played in the development of the Slavic aspect category utilizing concepts from dynamic systems theory. It is argued that the bleaching of the prefix u- was crucial in the development of the perfectivizing function of Common Slavic prefixes, and that th...

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Autor principal: Dickey, Stephen (auth)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Florence Firenze University Press 2017
Colección:Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici 39
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Sumario:This paper investigates the role that prefixes played in the development of the Slavic aspect category utilizing concepts from dynamic systems theory. It is argued that the bleaching of the prefix u- was crucial in the development of the perfectivizing function of Common Slavic prefixes, and that the semantic concept of change of state functioned as an attractor in the development of the network of prefixes and the aspect category as a whole.
Descripción Física:1 electronic resource (18 p.)
ISBN:978-88-6453-698-9.07
9788864536989
Acceso:Open Access