Abstract
This article addresses the question of the so-called l-less perfect (bezėlevyj perfekt), described by Zaliznjak as a variant of the Old Russian perfect specific to the Old Novgorod dialect. The few manifestations of this form in the sources are considered from a paradigmatic point of view; in other words, the analysis investigates what kind of paradigm these examples can be considered members of. This approach reveals an analogical link to other verbal paradigms and thus enables the conclusion to be drawn that the so-called l-less perfect is more appropriately analysed as an aorist with a person-number marker, that is a descendant of the former auxiliary of the perfect.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Russian Linguistics |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 0304-3487 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities