Microvariation in the Slavic secondary imperfective
Abstrak
abstract:While secondary imperfectivization (SI) is a prominent phenomenon in Slavic, there is variation in its realization. This study contributes novel cross-Slavic data systematizing our understanding of the distribution and meaning of SI morphology in Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish. In two exploratory quantitative studies, we (1) show that SI is more productive in Rus, Ukr, Mac, and Bul than in Pol, Cze, Ser, and Slo, and (2) explore semantic conditioning of the variation in productivity of SIs of empty prefixed verbs (they get habitual meaning in Mac and Bul and both single ongoing and habitual readings in Rus and Ukr). We postulate two types of SI morphemes – SI (equally productive across Slavic) and SI-hab (productive only in Bul and Mac). At the formal level, we posit an agreement operation involving a parasitic habitual feature with different behaviors in the tested languages.
Penulis (6)
Dorota Klimek-Jankowska
Alberto Frasson
Vesela Simeonova
Natalia Shlikhutka
Nina Tunteva
Viktorija Blazhevska
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 4×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1353/jsl.2025.a970003
- Akses
- Open Access ✓