Are prefixes always or never “empty”?

This article investigates the prefix vy- in so-called natural perfectives. On the basis of syntactic constructions where vy-verbs occur, it is argued that that even in natural perfectives vy- is not semantically empty.

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Main Author: Tatiana Pozolotina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2010-01-01
Series:Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1265
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spelling doaj-d0ee925c0a4f4a1c8236840d4482da622020-11-25T00:25:28ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingPoljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies1500-75021890-96712010-01-011310.7557/6.12651195Are prefixes always or never “empty”?Tatiana Pozolotina0University of TromsøThis article investigates the prefix vy- in so-called natural perfectives. On the basis of syntactic constructions where vy-verbs occur, it is argued that that even in natural perfectives vy- is not semantically empty.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1265aspectprefixescognitive linguistics
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Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
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prefixes
cognitive linguistics
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title Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
title_short Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
title_full Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
title_fullStr Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
title_full_unstemmed Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
title_sort are prefixes always or never “empty”?
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
series Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
issn 1500-7502
1890-9671
publishDate 2010-01-01
description This article investigates the prefix vy- in so-called natural perfectives. On the basis of syntactic constructions where vy-verbs occur, it is argued that that even in natural perfectives vy- is not semantically empty.
topic aspect
prefixes
cognitive linguistics
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1265
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