On the semantics, typology and origin of the construction вземам/взема че (та, и) + perfective aspect verb Cover Image
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Семантика, типология и произход на конструкцията вземам/взема че (та, и) + глагол от свършен вид
On the semantics, typology and origin of the construction вземам/взема че (та, и) + perfective aspect verb

Author(s): Ivan Kanchev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Slavonic and Romance languages; Bulgarian; semantics; typology; construction;

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies the semantics of a paratactic construction on the basis of comparison between Slavonic and Romance languages. Thus, in Bulgarian and Russian the auxiliary verb take expresses unexpectedness (surprise) with regard to the action of the main verb, whereas in Romance languages the whole construction explicates the aspectual meaning of globality of the marked grammeme. As for its type, the above mentioned construction has a complementary function in all compared languages. In Slavonic languages it complements the perfective grammeme and in Romance ones it complements the category of tense, respectively. As far as its origin is concerned, according to E. Coseriu, the construction originates from an Ancient Greek model.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 40-44
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bulgarian