Abstract This article contributes to Construction Grammar, historical linguistics, and Russian linguistics through an in-depth corpus study of predicate agreement in constructions with quantified subjects. Statistical analysis approximately 39,000 examples indicates that these constitute a network (“allostructions”) various preferences for singular or plural agreement. Factors pull different directions, we observe relatively stable situation the face variation. We present multidimensional...

Abstract On the basis of data from Russian National Corpus, we analyze meanings and structure syntactic construction observed in phrases like durak durakom ‘fool- nom.sg fool- ins.sg’ , which term ‘NOM∼INS construction’. We argue that constitutes a network three closely related subcategories, refer to as ‘Extreme’, ‘Paragon’ ‘Discourse Change’. It is furthermore shown diachronic change has taken place, whereby Discourse Change overtaken Extreme dominant subcategory. Our analysis provides...

This is an empirical study of adjectival agreement in Norwegian. We investigate sentences with a collective noun as subject and predicative adjective the singular or plural. On basis data from two corpora survey, we demonstrate that plural widespread Norwegian relevant type. The following factors are shown to be significantly associated choice between plural: animacy semantic type subject, distance adjective, vs. participle, adjective’s role indicator agency. corpus analyzed by means...

The present study reports on a machine learning experiment concerning mobile vowels in the Russian preposition v ‘in(to)’. It is shown that neural network able to predict 97.4% of cases our dataset, and decision tree used extract set three rules language learner can use achieve nearly same level accuracy. We argue these are valuable from perspective pedagogy, but some adjustments necessary order make simpler more precise. Our lends support earlier analyses which emphasize capacity prevent...

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Abstract Nearly two thousand perfective verbs in Russian are formed via the addition of so-called "empty prefixes" (čistovidovye pristavki) to imperfective base verbs. The traditional assumption that prefixes semantically "empty" when used form aspectual pairs is problematic because same clearly "non-empty" combined with other Though some scholars have suspected not empty but instead meanings overlap verbs, proof this hypothesis has eluded researchers. With advent corpora and electronic...

This study addresses the statistical analysis of a phenomenon in Russian verbal paradigms, suffix shift that is spreading through paradigm and making it more regular. A problem arises data collected from National Corpus counts documenting this are based on repeated observations same verbs and, moreover, for different parts paradigms these verbs. Unsurprisingly, individual display consistent (although variable) behavior with respect to shift. The non-independence elementary our has be taken...

Abstract We undertake a detailed analysis of the two closely related Russian aspectual prefixes vy - and iz . The meanings these are analyzed in terms networks subcategories, termed radial categories. This method facilitates precise comparison submeanings statistical analysis. Our sharpens traditional insight that elements Church Slavic origin like have more abstract meaning than historically East vy- Furthermore, distribution attested gives support to hypothesis base verbs overlap formation...

This paper explores the history of suffixed semelfactive verbs in Russian, i.e., like maxnut’ ‘wave once’ with - nu suffix. It is argued that aktionsart best analyzed as a radial category organized around prototype four properties: uniformity, instantaneousness, non-resultativity, and single occurrence, which are defined discussed article. further demonstrates there small group denoting bodily acts meet these criteria Old Church Slavonic texts, thus suggesting existence an embryonic version...

Abstract In this article we apply one of the key concepts in cognitive linguistics, radial category, to inflectional morphology. We advance Paradigm Structure Hypothesis, arguing that paradigms are categories with internal structure primarily motivated by semantic relationships markedness and prototypicality. It is possible construct an expected for a verbal paradigm, facilitating empirical test our hypothesis. Data tracking on-going morphological change Russian documents distribution...

The notion of image schema has received a great deal attention in cognitive linguistics. In this paper, schemas are applied to an analysis case assignment Russian temporal adverbials. My focus will be on prepositional phrases headed by v ‘in’ followed noun phrase the accusative or second locative case. This approach, it is argued, facilitates formulation simple generalizations. While paper focuses data from single language, proposed wider ramifications for study case, since argued that...

Russian is notorious for its complex system of motion verbs. In this paper, I will analyze the verbs in terms image schemas PATH and MANNER, focusing on following questions: Why does idti display a goal-bias when used metaphorically as generalized verb? contrast between unidirectional non-directional limited to unprefixed verbs? secondary imperfectives prefixations neutralized? are so-called act perfectives like pochodit' 'walk while' most easily formed with prefix po-, why do other prefixes...