In and Out of places, states and activities.

In and out of Places, States, and Activities:

Russian Verbal Prefixes and Scales

Inna Tolskaya

The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway inna.k.tolskaya@uit.no

Abstract:

za- ot-

Keywords:

1. Introduction

- -

- - -

asp-init-proc-res

-

-

leztj

Vor na .

thief on attic

ot

boy from

- za

ot Pro

do- pere-

-

-

While ot za

ot-stirala

hostess tablecloth.acc

svoe its.acc

-

Masha

Masha home

- pretation is available.

-

#Masha Masha Masha Masha

-

- -

is purely syntactic.

2. Syntactic Framework

za ot

Syntax.

Res init init

res

-

scalar complement.

= scale e[R e scale

za- in za-morozitj za- in za-jti v dom

za- in za-prygatj

3. Prefixes as Measure Phrases

-

-

or their color.

-

-

na po- in

po -

po

contribution of the conceptual listeme po -

-

of the entire verbal phrase.

4. Scale Typology

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<

>

<

>

<

>

<

>

ot s vy za

value.

4.1 Za- and Upper Closed Scales

za

za e scale[culminate e [scale za

-

ot

za-morozitj ot-morozitj

napo- lovonu zamorozitj

za

-

verb napolovinu

v v

v v

v v

v v

v v

v v

Table 1. Verbs, adjectives, and scale types

- - napolovinu

-

napolovinu

-

za -

- half partially adj entails that

Grjaznyj mokryj slegka

za-

za- na-

is-

4.2 Ot- and Lower Closed Scale

za other subparts of the scale. Ot

ot e scale[culminate e min[scale Ot

- - appropriate scale. Za

the event.

za- ot-varitj

into from

ot-varitj

s- to remove the focus from the

S Slegka varenyj

full or empty.

The verb ot-krytj ot -

4.3 Cleaning Verbs

ot

ot- ot-stiratj ot-teretj ot

za

za ot

ot za

ot-mytj

gradual Za-stiratj

ot-stiratj

ot-stirala ona byla i .

hostess tablecloth it so clean

vy-soxn-et.

in hour

Etot .

this hotel very clean

opasen

too clean house

absolute cleanness.

Ot

ot

za-grjaznitj is-

iz

4.4 “To Dry” and Scale Variation

The verb za-sušitj

- dry

dry very

- tive implication of the antonym wet.

dry -

-

za-sušitj za

Masha Masha Masha

Masha almost Masha napolovinu Masha half

Masha ne

Masha so.far not

za vy

ot

polotence

Slegka vy-sušitj podsushitj

-sušitj volosy

-

ot ot-

Ot-sushitj -

ot-

rybu

lixo ty

cool you it

ot

-

5. Conclusion

- such as ot

such as za

ot za

Works Cited

Masha Masha Masha

Masha almost Masha napolovinu Masha half

Masha ne

Masha so.far not

za vy

ot

polotence

Slegka vy-sušitj podsushitj

-sušitj volosy

-

ot ot-

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