Autonomous bi-pronominal distributive constructions in Russian

Abstract

The paper is devoted to one type of Russian distributive constructions with two interrogative pronouns, such as kto kuda lit. “who where”, kto o čëm lit. “who about what”, kogda kak lit. “when how”, which bear the meaning ‘diff erent Xs are characterized by diff erent Ys’. We discovered that the constructions without a predicate in the right context form a special type, which diff ers both from indirect distributive questions and quasi-relatives in their semantic, pragmatic, syntactic, and communicative properties. Based on corpus data, we show their historical development and modern usage, as well as describe the most frequent lexical variables which fi ll the construction. The conclusion is that the frequency, syntactic features, and degree of idiomatization have their own semantic, communicative, and pragmatic grounds.

Equivalence in dictionary and text

“…Accordingly, the choice of the word depends on the fact, what other words are used in the given segment of text. It is also important to distinguish the notions of semantic and lexical compatibility (s. Apresjan, 1969, p. 81; Kominč, 1986, p. 99; Cruse, 2000, p. 250–251). The semantic compatibility of a word depends on its meanings and is thus connected with the semantic structure of the significatum.…”

Suomen putoamis- ja kaatumisverbit leksikaalisen typologian näkökulmasta

“…Kanadaan emigroituneen Igor Mel'čukin ansiosta. (Apresjan 2005;Boguslavskij & Iomdin 2009. ) Alkuperäinen Moskovan semanttinen koulukunta ei ollut kiinnostunut kielitypologiasta eikä sen kuvausmallia ollut tarkoitettu kielten vertailuun (Rakhilina & Reznikova 2014: 3).…”