Expression of Types of Aktionsart in Russian and Romanian Languages Cover Image

Exprimarea tipurilor de Aktionsart în limbile rusă și română
Expression of Types of Aktionsart in Russian and Romanian Languages

Author(s): Aliona Sobol
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: Aktionsart; aspectuality; verbal aspect; Romanian equivalent; Russian; prefix; structure; prefixal verb;

Summary/Abstract: The lexical category of Aktionsart belongs to the universal category of aspectuality. It encompasses semantic groups of verbs and, to some extent, word formation, demarcated through the commonality of the type of action unfolding. To express various types of Aktionsart, the Russian language typically employs prefixes, which, in Slavic languages, have two meanings: lexical and grammatical. These aspects determine two functions: derivational and perfective (which changes the grammatical category of the verbal aspect from imperfective to perfective).The Romanian language expresses numerous types of Aktionsart, most often through lexico-grammatical means (such as adverbs, adverbial phrases, prepositions, adjectives, etc.). This difference arises from the predominantly synthetic structure of Russian and the analytic-synthetic structure of Romanian. Consequently, in most cases, a Russian verb with a prefix has two or more corresponding Romanian lexemes.

  • Issue Year: 51/2024
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 87-92
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian
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