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Publication details [#9480]

Tommola, Hannu. 1984. On the aspectual significance of 'phase meanings'. In Groot, Casper De and Hannu Tommola, eds. Aspect bound: A voyage into the realm of Germanic, Slavonic and Finno-Ugrian aspectology. Foris. pp. 111–132.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

aspect | auxiliary | imperfective | infinitive clause

Language as a subject

Finnish | Russian

Annotation

In Russian, the phasal auxiliary verbs are combined with the infinitive of imperfective verbs only. An attempt is made to establish the semantic connection between the imperfective meaning and the 'phase meanings.' Finnish examples are added.