Лексична и деривацийна система руских дїєсловох рушаня у води / на води
Lexical and Derivational System of Ruthenian Aqua Motion Verbs

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the Ruthenian lexical system of motion verbs, especially the verbs describing aqua motion (e.g. pljivac ‘swim’, čečic ‘flow’, murjac še ‘dive’ etc.). The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic description of the Ruthenian aqua motion verbs which have been less studied so far in Ruthenian linguistics by using the theoretical framework of the lexical typology which is gaining more importance in contemporary linguistic research. The first part of the paper gives a brief overview of the semantic field of aqua motion which can be divided into three main semantic zones: (1) semantic zone of motion and location in water, (2) semantic zone of flowing, (3) semantic zone of underwater motion. The second part of the paper provides a semantic analysis of the Ruthenian aqua motion verbs. The attention is paid to the usages of these lexical units in their primary meanings and their distribution in the semantic field of aqua motion. The third part of the paper examines a derivational system of the Ruthenian aqua motion verbs, focusing on the prefixation and semantic modification of the verbs in question. The conclusion of the paper presents the summarized results of our analysis provided in this paper and some characteristic features of the Ruthenian lexical system of the aqua motion verbs.

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