LINGUIST List 10.1341

Mon Sep 13 1999

Qs: Russian Word Formation, Intransitive Verb

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    Message 1: Russian word formation

     Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:03:27 EDT
    From: Elezar <Elezaraol.com>
    Subject: Russian word formation


    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

    Message 2: Intransitive Verb + DO phenomenon

     Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:02:07 +0200
    From: Claudia Bubel <c.bubelrz.uni-sb.de>
    Subject: Intransitive Verb + DO phenomenon


    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