Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The paper considers constructions «sensation predicative + infinitive» and « interpretation predicative + infinitive». The infinitives of the movement, position and some others are typical for sensation predicative: Kholodno stoyat` / ekhat` ‘It`s cold to stand / to drive’; Temno idti / chitat` ‘It`s dark to go / to read’. Such an infinitive occupies an intermediate position between a valency and an adjunct. The infinitives in interpretation constructions expresses the valency of predicative: Nevezhlivo sidet` v prisutstvii damy ‘It is impolite to sit in the presence of a lady’. Such a predicative has a higher syntactic status than adjective or adverb, that are the original representation for interpretive vocabulary.
Source: Critique and Semiotics
Author: Galina I. Kustova
Institution: Moscow State Pedagogical University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G5172780450
OpenAlex ID: W4293209441