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Aspect in Russian as grammatical rather than lexical notion: Evidence from Heritage Russian

Глагольный вид в русском языке как грамматическое (а не лексическое) явление

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В данной статье рассматриваются изменения, происходящие в системе глагольного вида в языке тех иммигрантов, для которых русский является родным, но не доминирующим языком. По результатам этого исследования делаются выводы как о видовой системе в языке иммигрантов, так и о видовой системе в русском языке в целом. В данной статье, во-первых, продeмoнстрирoвано, что, вопреки ожиданиям, основанным на изучении диахронических изменений в языке, а также изменений в лексиконе иммигрантов, такие факторы, как частота формы в исходном языке и внешние воздействия в результате языкового контакта, не играют заметной роли в перестройке видовой системы в языке иммигрантов. Во-вторых, утверждается, что, так как изменения в видовой системе и в лексиконе являются результатом воздействия различных факторов, то глагольный вид в русском языке в целом является грамматическим, а не лексическим понятием.

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I am grateful to Ekaterina Protassova, Aneta Pavlenko, Steven Franks, Alla Smyslova, and Roumyana Slabakova for helpful discussions. All remaining errors are mine.

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Pereltsvaig, A. Aspect in Russian as grammatical rather than lexical notion: Evidence from Heritage Russian. Russian Linguistics 32, 27–42 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11185-007-9018-8

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