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Launer, Michael K. – Russian Language Journal, 1986
Investigates the influence of the prefix "o-/ob-" on the choice of case for nominal objects of prefixed verbs, using a semantic field analysis. Focuses on four semantic functions: (1) objective; (2) locative; (3) factitive; and (4) comparative. The results are useful both to theoretical linguists and to teachers of Russian. (LMO)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Usage
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Shevelov, George Y. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1957
Following a brief summary of Trubetzkoy's views of Russian word roots, a statistical analysis is performed on a short literary passage in seeking to examine whether all types of roots merely coexist in modern Russian or whether there is an expansion of certain types and a contraction of others. Results point out statistical and semantic…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Etymology, Language Patterns