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"Semelfactive" -nǫ- and the Western Aspect Gestalt
Dickey, Stephen M.
Dickey, Stephen M.
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Abstract
This article presents a discussion of differences between the Slavic languages regarding the historical productivity of -nǫ- as an aspectual suffix. It is shown that a class of prefixed pf a-stem/n-stem doublets has been more productive in a group of western languages (primarily Czech, Slovak, Upper Sorbian) and that this productivity declines in the languages farther to the east, reaching a minimum in Russian and Bulgarian. Further, differences are shown regarding the function of -nǫ- as a perfectivizing suffix in some Common Slavic unprefixed pf verbs. These differences are then discussed, with no claims to an exhaustive analysis.
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2001
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Slavica Publishers
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Slavic languages, Semelfactive verbs, suffixation, Slavic verbal aspect
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Journal of Slavic Linguistics 9(1), 2001: 25-48