Publication details
Istoričeskije aspekty semantiki datel´nogo padeža
| Title in English | Historical Semantic Features of the Dative in Russian |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Przeglad rusystyczny |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | historical features original semantic dative constructions old Russian situation in present day language verbal governance simple (non-prepositional) cases prepositional cases |
| Description | Semantic meaning, which is expressed in contemporary Russian by means of dative constructions, represents a very varied and complex subject. Historical study of the dative forms use enables us to hypothesise their original semantics. In old Russian, the connection between words and their syntectical placement in a sentence was different in syntactical constructions such as (verbal)governance. Throughout the historical development of Russian there were essential changes in the system of (verbal) governance and the meanings of some of the simple and prepositional cases have changed. These changes have come about due to a general tendency of the language to become more specific by attempting to express the exact meaning. Non-prepositional cases were replaced by constructions with various prepositions. |