Synthetic and Analytical Means of Expressing Aktionsart in the Ukrainian and Serbian Languages

The paper analyzes the aktionsart verb classes and aktionsart constructions as means of expressing aktionsart in the Ukrainian and Serbian languages. We single out four complexes of aktionsart meanings: phasal, determinative, plural, and gradual. For each of them, we determine the type and compositi...

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Published inSlavia Meridionalis Vol. 23; no. 23; pp. 1 - 22
Main Author Ivanovi, Milena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Bulgarian
Published Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk 01.01.2023
Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Subjects
aktionsart
analytical construction
Applied Linguistics
determinativity
Language studies
phasality
semantic class
verb
plurality
determinativity
phasality
verb
analytical construction
semantic class
graduality
aktionsart
Ukrainian language
Serbian language
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Summary:The paper analyzes the aktionsart verb classes and aktionsart constructions as means of expressing aktionsart in the Ukrainian and Serbian languages. We single out four complexes of aktionsart meanings: phasal, determinative, plural, and gradual. For each of them, we determine the type and composition of the means of expression with the aim of observing the mutual relationship between these means and the similarities and differences in their functioning in the analyzed languages. Based on the analysis, we conclude that analytical means, although not central, are relatively represented in both languages, especially in the sphere of qualitative aktionsart, and that, although there are appropriate word-formation models in both languages, the Serbian language favors analytical, and the Ukrainian synthetic means of expressing aktionsart.
ISSN:1233-6173
2392-2400
DOI:10.11649/sm.2905