Formal expression of aspect in Russian


2016. № 1 (31), 9-23

Igor Mel’čuk, Université de Montréal

Abstract:

The majority of Russian verbal stems express verbal aspect cumulatively in combination with the lexical meaning. They are, therefore, megamorphs. The present paper proposes a mini-model of Russian aspect inflection: morphological rules for constructing aspectual stems of the Russian verb.