Semantics of Genitive Objects in Russian: A Study of Genitive of Negation and Intensional Genitive Case

by Olga Kagan

Book Overview

The genitive/accusative opposition in Slavic languages is a decades-old linguistic conundrum. Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this volume analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complements-the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive. The author contends that these variants are manifestations of the same phenomenon, and thus require an integrated analysis. Further,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401781958
• ISBN13: 9789401781954
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"