In:Case Studies in Fluid Construction Grammar: The verb phrase
Edited by Luc Steels and Katrien Beuls
[Benjamins Current Topics 106] 2019
► pp. 129–148
Russian verbs of motion and their aspectual partners in Fluid Construction Grammar
Published online: 9 October 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.106.cf.00006.beu
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.106.cf.00006.beu
Abstract
Russian boasts a highly complex aspectual system which can appear irregular and
difficult to learn. It has recently been suggested that motion verbs, which are
normally seen as exceptional in their nature, may in fact be at the core of this
system, motivating aspectual behavior based on stem directionality. This
suggests that analyzing motion verbs may help understand the Russian aspectual
system as a whole. The present work demonstrates how Russian motion verbs and
their aspectual partners can be implemented and processed successfully with
Fluid Constructional Grammar. The study presents an example of language
processing in both production and comprehension in operation and highlights the
flexibility and power of this formalism, despite the challenges that this
complex aspectual system poses.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theoretical background
- 2.1Stem directionality
- 2.2Grammatical aspect
- 2.3The cluster model
- 2.4Cluster model and FCG
- 3.Grammar design
- 4.Operationalization in FCG
- 4.1Semantics
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4.2Constructions
- 4.2.1Non-prefixed verb forms
- 4.2.2Prefixed verb forms
- 5.Discussion
- 6.Conclusion
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