Comparison of semantico-pragmatic and syntactic aspects of comissive verbs in Russian, English and German languages

In this article we analyze semantic and syntactic features of commissives. We compare commissives in the Russian, English and German languages. Our analysis shows that commissives in the Russian and German languages have more common features compared with those in English.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: E D Bobrova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2010-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7328