Open AccessWhy <i>по</i>слушать, but <i>у</i>слышать?
Author(s) -
Tore Nesset,
Laura A. Janda,
Julia Kuznetsova,
Olga Lyashevskaya,
Anastasia Makarova,
Светлана Соколова
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
poljarnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1890-9671
pISSN - 1500-7502
DOI - 10.7557/6.1300
Subject(s) - prefix , meaning (existential) , verb , linguistics , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
This article provides a preliminary analysis of aspectual prefixation of Russian perception verbs. It is argued that the choice of prefix is not arbitrary, but depends on the meaning of the verb stem