On the use of Dative Subjects in the Construction of Anteriority in Russian.

The article discusses the use of dative subjects in the construction of anteriority in the Russian language. The paper provides a semantic-syntactic characterization of the difference between two variants of the construction of anteriority with an infinitive predicate, namely sentences with and sent...

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Publicado en:Russian Linguistics Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 321 - 358
Autor principal: Fortuin, Egbert
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2006
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Sumario:The article discusses the use of dative subjects in the construction of anteriority in the Russian language. The paper provides a semantic-syntactic characterization of the difference between two variants of the construction of anteriority with an infinitive predicate, namely sentences with and sentences without dative subject. The extent of influence of stylistic conventions on linguistic system is being analyzed.