Studies of Predication in Russian--I. Predicative Case, Short Form Adjectives and Predicatives.

Henrik Birnbaum

ResearchPublished 1964

The first, theoretical part of the series of studies on certain aspects of predication (predicative function) and its formal expression in Contemporary Standard Russian (CSR). This series is primarily concerned with such instances where, in Russian, the predicate is denoted by means other than a finite verb, i.e., by infinite verbal forms (infinitives and gerunds) as well as nonverbal forms, including the zero-morpheme of the copula verb. In its sequels the series makes use of automatic and semi-automatic procedures applied on corpora of analyzed Russian physics texts available at the Rand Linguistic Research Project, in addition to evidence from other Russian linguistic materials. The first, theoretical part of the series of studies on certain aspects of predication (predicative function) and its formal expression in Contemporary Standard Russian. This series is primarily concerned with such instances where, in Russian, the predicate is denoted by means other than a finite verb, i.e., by infinite verbal forms (infinitives and gerunds) as well as nonverbal forms, including the zero-morpheme of the copula verb. In its sequels the series makes use of automatic and semi-automatic procedures applied on corpora of analyzed Russian physics texts available at the RAND Linguistic Research Project, in addition to evidence from other Russian linguistic materials. 86 pp

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Birnbaum, Henrik, Studies of Predication in Russian--I. Predicative Case, Short Form Adjectives and Predicatives. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3774.html.
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