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L’evoluzione diacronica del prezens naprasnogo ožidanija

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Abstract

This paper analyses the diachronic evolution of the modal (dynamic) content of a particular perfective non-past form in Contemporary Russian, the so-called prezens naprasnogo ožidanija ‘present of idle expectation’ (PNO). While in Old Russian the PNO could express both the impossibility and the unwillingness of the subject to perform the action, in Contemporary Russian the unwillingness reading is rather available for another contextual variant, the interrogative-negative present. The present study aims to highlight some of the possible reasons for this internal semantic shift, focusing on the syntax-pragmatics interface.


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Submitted: April 16, 2019 | Accepted: May 23, 2019 | Published Dec. 18, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Negation • Dynamic modality • Modal logic • Slavic aspect • Semantics • Non-past • Pragmatics • Perfective • Morphosyntax

Copyright © 2019 Marco Biasio. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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