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Russian Verbal Prefixation

This book addresses the complexity of Russian verbal prefixation system that has been extensively studied but yet not explained. Traditionally, different meanings have been investigated and listed in the dictionaries and grammars and more recently linguists attempted to unify various prefix usages u...

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Main Author: Zinova, Yulia
Format: Book
Published: Language Science Press 2021
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