The ‘goal’ component in the semantics of some Russian adverbs of manner

The article is focused on semantic analysis of the Russian adverbs sledom, vsled, vdogonku ‘following (smb. or smth.)’ which in their literal meaning denote position behind a moving object. The paper demonstrates that the semantics of the selected adverbs includes indication of a goal. However, these adverbs are usually not included in the class of adverbs that contain a goal component in their semantics. The sense ‘goal’ is fundamental to a natural language, and it can be expected that it is included in the semantics of a wider range of words than it is currently considered. The analysis of the selected words confirms this hypothesis.