LINGUIST List 10.1341

Mon Sep 13 1999

Qs: Russian Word Formation, Intransitive Verb

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>

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1. Elezar, Russian word formation
2. Claudia Bubel, Intransitive Verb + DO phenomenon

Hi, I am writing to you for an advise on where to find textbooks with the 
rules on morphology (word formation, suffixation, etc.) in Russian. I am a 
Ph.D candidate at Boston University, working with Dr. Jean Berko Gleason, and 
I would like to do a study on english morphology acquisition by Russian 
children from families of recent emegrees. I would like to see if their 
knowledge/mastery of Russian morphology will aid in language 2 acquisition, 
as well as the order of acquisition of specific morphological units.
	
Also, if anyone knows of a recent works done in Russia on the subject of 
morphology acquisition, please let me know (as well as how I can get my hand 
on it)
	
Thank you.
	
Elena Zaretsky
My email is: elezaraol.com; or elezarbu.edu 
	

Dear colleagues,

Does anyone know a term for the following phenomenon, where a verb (often
intransitive) is followed by a direct object from the same morphological stem?

Examples: 
+ to fight a good fight
+ to sleep the sleep of the just
+ to dream the impossible dream
+ to talk the talk
+ to see the sights 

Any references would be very welcome. I will post a summary. 

Thanks,

Claudia.

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Claudia Bubel
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Neal R. Norrick
Fachrichtung 8.3 Anglistik
Universit�t des Saarlandes
Postfach 15 11 50
D-66041 Saarbr�cken

Tel.: 0681 - 302 - 2270
e-mail: c.bubelrz.uni-sb.de
url: http://www.uni-sb.de/philfak/fb8/norrick/bubel.htm