Article outline

• 1.The Russian idiom ˹užas kakoj˺¹ ‘extreme(ly)’
  • 1.1The problem stated
  • 1.2The lexical status of the phrase užas kakoj [X_(Σ)]: An idiom
  • 1.3The syntactic structure of the idiom ˹užas kakoj˺¹
  • 1.4Lexicographic description of the idioms ˹užas kakoj˺¹ and ˹užas kak˺¹
  • 1.5Other Russian expressions including the noun užasii.1 ‘horrorii’
    • 1.5.1Russian idioms of the form užasii.1←K-Word
    • 1.5.2Russian free phrases of the form užasii.1,←bytʹ–⋯→K-Word
      • 1.5.2.1Some basic facts about the phrases of the užasii.1[, kakoj…] Type
        • Semantic differences
        • Syntactic differences
      • 1.5.2.2The lexicographic description of the noun užasii.1
    • 1.5.3Summing up: Russian situation-evaluative nouns
• 2.The Russian idiom ˹čto za˺ ‘what kind of’
  • 2.1The problem stated
  • 2.2The lexical status of the expression čto za [X]? An idiom
  • 2.3The syntactic structure of the idiom ˹čto za˺1 [X]
  • 2.4Lexicographic description of the idioms ˹čto za˺1 and ˹čto za˺2
    • SSynt-structure
    • Linear arrangement
    • Inflectional constraints
    • Definition
    • Lexical functions
    • Examples
    • Definition
    • Lexical functions
    • Examples
• 3.The Russian idiom ˹anjutiny glazki˺ ‘pansies’
  • 3.1The problem stated
  • 3.2Lexicographic description of the idiom ˹anjutiny glazki˺
    • Definition
    • Lexical functions
    • Examples
• Notes