A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective

The article examines the preposition of as contrasted with off from and about . The semantic structure of these words is treated within the framework of the main typological characteristic of the English language, which is an analytical one. This approach explains the meaning of of, off from and abo...

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Main Author: A B Kostromin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2013-12-01
Series:Russian Language Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-language-studies/article/view/10297
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spelling doaj-76e8b9ea232b41ee96d7cbdd52fb257e2020-11-24T21:34:32ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Russian Language Studies2618-81632618-81712013-12-0101778210296A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspectiveA B Kostromin0Российский университет дружбы народовThe article examines the preposition of as contrasted with off from and about . The semantic structure of these words is treated within the framework of the main typological characteristic of the English language, which is an analytical one. This approach explains the meaning of of, off from and about as resulting from the loss of inflected forms and morphology. These prepositions differ as discrete and diffusive ones.http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-language-studies/article/view/10297типологические характеристикианалитический стройпадежная системапредлогиактантысирконстантыдиффузные и дискретные предлогипредлоги of
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A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
Russian Language Studies
типологические характеристики
аналитический строй
падежная система
предлоги
актанты
сирконстанты
диффузные и дискретные предлоги
предлоги of
author_facet A B Kostromin
author_sort A B Kostromin
title A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
title_short A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
title_full A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
title_fullStr A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
title_full_unstemmed A typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
title_sort typological approach to the prepositions of, from, off and about in the diachronic and synchronic perspective
publisher Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
series Russian Language Studies
issn 2618-8163
2618-8171
publishDate 2013-12-01
description The article examines the preposition of as contrasted with off from and about . The semantic structure of these words is treated within the framework of the main typological characteristic of the English language, which is an analytical one. This approach explains the meaning of of, off from and about as resulting from the loss of inflected forms and morphology. These prepositions differ as discrete and diffusive ones.
topic типологические характеристики
аналитический строй
падежная система
предлоги
актанты
сирконстанты
диффузные и дискретные предлоги
предлоги of
url http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-language-studies/article/view/10297
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