The Intensifying Function of Some Verbal Prefixes and the Role of Context (Based on Russian and Bulgarian)

This paper examines some morphological means for expressing intensification in Russian and Bulgarian with a special focus on the specific meanings that the po-, pod- and pri- prefixes add to both perfective and imperfective base verbs. We observe that in some contexts the examined prefixes have a p...

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Main Author: Svetlana Slavkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Studi Slavistici
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9019