Predicatives and Predicates of State in Russian

Authors

  • Антон В. Циммерлинг [Anton V. Zimmerling]

Keywords:

predicatives, internal states, external states, Russian, agreement

Abstract

This paper discusses the syntax and semantics of Russian constructions with non-agreeing predicatives. I show that the constructions NDAT― VLINK― PRED (dative-predicative structures, DPS) and NNOM―VLINK
― PRED are used to express the meaning of inner state—i.e., stage-level predicates linked to an animate subject. Pospelov’s claim that all predicatives are non-agreeing elements is correct, but Russian supports the regular homonymy of predicatives vs. adjectival elements.

Published

2018-01-15

How to Cite

Циммерлинг [Anton V. Zimmerling] А. В. (2018) “Predicatives and Predicates of State in Russian”, Slavistična revija, 66(1), pp. 45–64. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/COBISS_ID-66614114 (Accessed: 27 November 2024).

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