Why <i>по</i>слушать, but <i>у</i>слышать?

This article provides a preliminary analysis of aspectual prefixation of Russian perception verbs. It is argued that the choice of prefix is not arbitrary, but depends on the meaning of the verb stem.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tore Nesset, Laura A. Janda, Julia Kuznetsova, Olga Lyashevskaya, Anastasia Makarova, Svetlana Sokolova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1300