Abstract:This paper proposes a scalar analysis of polysemy of Russian verbal prefixes. The lexical entry remains constant throughout all uses of a given prefix: it relates the event, denoted by the prefixed verb, to a scale. The specific kind of transition denoted by the prefix is the source of the similarities in meaning. The structure, into which the prefix is inserted, varies and determines the scale along which the event is measured out, which may be a path (with verbs of motion), a scale of change, or the temporal trace of the event. It is demonstrated that the semantic differences go hand in hand with structural differences and that the meaning of a prefix is predictable based on the event structure of the verb it attaches to. If the verb lexicalizes a scale of change, the prefix must measure out the result, mapping the event onto a scale, which is the complement of the result. If the verb contains conflated material and is incompatible with a result, the only available position is above aspect, where the superlexical prefix measures out the time of the event. A direct object may serve either as the resultee undergoing a change of state or as the measuring scale (as in the case of spatial and consumption verbs). Many verbs are flexible, and then the prefix may take on different meanings and the structure depends on whether the event is interpreted as involving a change of state or an unbounded activity.

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俄语动词前缀的多义性

摘要：本文提出了对俄语动词前缀多义性的标量分析。词条在给定前缀的所有使用过程中保持不变：它将事件（由前缀动词表示）与一个尺度相关联。由前缀表示的特定类型的转换是意义相似的来源。插入前缀的结构会发生变化并确定事件被测量的尺度，这可以是路径（带有运动动词）、变化的尺度或事件的时间轨迹。结果表明，语义差异与结构差异密切相关，并且前缀的含义可以根据它所附加的动词的事件结构进行预测。如果动词词汇化一个变化的尺度，前缀必须衡量结果，将事件映射到一个尺度上，这是结果的补充。如果动词包含混杂的材料并且与结果不相容，则唯一可用的位置是在方面之上，其中超词汇前缀测量事件的时间。直接宾语既可以作为经历状态变化的结果对象，也可以作为测量尺度（如空间动词和消费动词的情况）。许多动词是灵活的，然后前缀可能具有不同的含义，其结构取决于将事件解释为涉及状态变化还是无限活动。直接宾语既可以作为经历状态变化的结果对象，也可以作为测量尺度（如空间动词和消费动词的情况）。许多动词是灵活的，然后前缀可能具有不同的含义，其结构取决于将事件解释为涉及状态变化还是无限活动。直接宾语既可以作为经历状态变化的结果对象，也可以作为测量尺度（如空间动词和消费动词的情况）。许多动词是灵活的，然后前缀可能具有不同的含义，其结构取决于将事件解释为涉及状态变化还是无限活动。