Papers by Valentina Soboleva
Russian Language Journal. 61: 163-202, 2011
В основе данной статьи лежит эмпирическое исследование "Aspect and the Teaching of Russian: An Em... more В основе данной статьи лежит эмпирическое исследование "Aspect and the Teaching of Russian: An Empirical Study of the Aspectual Usage of Russian Verbs in the Past Tense," проведенное автором в 1998 году, а также ее многолетний опыт преподавания русского языка как иностранного. Были также приняты во внимание наиболее интересные с точки зрения автора аспектологические работы последних лет. Автор статьи выражает глубокую признательность профессору Ричарду Брехту, предложившему идею этого исследования, а также профессору Дэну Давидсону, убедившему автора в эффективности эмпирических исследований.
В основе данной статьи лежит эмпирическое исследование "Aspect and the Teaching of Russian: An Em... more В основе данной статьи лежит эмпирическое исследование "Aspect and the Teaching of Russian: An Empirical Study of the Aspectual Usage of Russian Verbs in the Past Tense," проведенное автором в 1998 году, а также ее многолетний опыт преподавания русского языка как иностранного. Были также приняты во внимание наиболее интересные с точки зрения автора аспектологические работы последних лет. Автор статьи выражает глубокую признательность профессору Ричарду Брехту, предложившему идею этого исследования, а также профессору Дэну Давидсону, убедившему автора в эффективности эмпирических исследований.
Pre-print , 2023
The article considers unresolved issues regarding aspectual semantics of Russian motion verbs tha... more The article considers unresolved issues regarding aspectual semantics of Russian motion verbs that
affect successful learning of these verbs. Part 1 presents an account of the burning issues, such as
why Russian non-prefixed imperfective motion verbs are paired on additional contrastive principle
as determinate – indeterminate motion or why most indeterminate motion verbs remain
imperfective after acquiring prefixes, while some of them yield both perfective and imperfective
verbs. Part 2 contextualizes these unresolved issues within a relevant literature review. Part 3
provides an evaluation of the reviewed literature. Part 4 proposes a new classification for the
aspectual values of Russian motion verbs in the light of the reviewed literature. Part 5 offers
suggestions for a new approach to teaching Russian verbs of motion from the angle of proposed
classification of their semantic values. Part 6 presents conclusions.
Vestnik Samaeskogo Universiteta: Istoriia.Pedagogika. Filologiia. 23(2):77-85, 2017
К вопросу о видовой парности русских глаголов: еще одна попытка решения спорных вопросов On the q... more К вопросу о видовой парности русских глаголов: еще одна попытка решения спорных вопросов On the question of aspectual pairs of Russian verbs: another attempt at solving unsettled problems Annotation The article considers several recently published works which address the problem of aspectual pairs in the Russian verbal system. Upon the discussion of these publications, the author suggests the ways for resolving the contradictions and inconsistences in the existing interpretation of how the verbal aspectual system functions in Russian.
К вопросу о видовой парности русских глаголов: еще одна попытка решения спорных вопросов On the q... more К вопросу о видовой парности русских глаголов: еще одна попытка решения спорных вопросов On the question of aspectual pairs of Russian verbs: another attempt at solving unsettled problems Annotation The article considers several recently published works which address the problem of aspectual pairs in the Russian verbal system. Upon the discussion of these publications, the author suggests the ways for resolving the contradictions and inconsistences in the existing interpretation of how the verbal aspectual system functions in Russian.
Russian Language Journal, 2014
ABSTRACT
The article presents an analysis of semantic peculiarities of secondary imperfective ver... more ABSTRACT
The article presents an analysis of semantic peculiarities of secondary imperfective verbs. The secondary imperfective verbs hold a special place within the verbal system: they significantly surpass primary 2 imperfective verbs in number, yet, strangely, have been receiving an insufficient attention from researchers. The aim of the study was to analyze the behavior of 300 secondary imperfective verbs in their compatibility with indicators of duration and completion, their ability to express progressive actions, and multiplicity imbedded in their semantics. Proceeding from the results, the author offers suggestions to
solving contradictions and inconsistencies in the interpretations of the Russian verbal aspect functionality.
Ключевые слова: вторичная имперфективация; длительность; актуальная длительность;
многократность / итеративность; временная локализованность; точечность; терминативность;
тройственная видовая оппозиция, минимальный и расширенный контекст.
Key words: secondary imperfectivity; duration; progressivity; iterativity; localization in time;
pointedness; terminativity; tripartite aspectual opposition; minimal and extended context.
В статье представлены результаты исследования семантических особенностей глаголов вторичной импер... more В статье представлены результаты исследования семантических особенностей глаголов вторичной имперфективации, занимающих особое место в глагольной системе русского языка. Эта группа глаголов намного превосходит число первичных глаголов несовершенного вида и тем не менее, по не совсем понятным причинам, остаётся наименее изученной. В исследовании было прослежено поведение трёхсот глаголов вторичной имперфективации при сочетании с обстоятельствами длительности и законченности действия, а также возможность их употребления для выражения как актуально-длительного действия, так и лексически выраженной многократности. На основе анализа данных исследования предлагаются пути для решения противоречий и несоответствий в существующих интерпретациях функционирования категории глагольного вида в русском языке.
неделю, in which the preposition за refers to a final point in time by which the activity had bee... more неделю, in which the preposition за refers to a final point in time by which the activity had been completed. Quite often though, we run across contexts, in which certain secondary imperfective verbs are not compatible with open-ended duration indicators, as is expected. Instead, they are compatible with indicators of completion, which are usually associated with perfective verbs. As a result of such compatibility, a repeated completion, or iterativity, is expressed. Compare the following sentences: (1) «Он читал (Imp. Simplex) книгу неделю», (2) «Он прочитал (Per.) книгу за неделю». and (3) «Он прочитывал (Imp. Sec.) книгу ?неделю / за неделю». 1 In example (1), the indicator of duration «неделю » (for a week) is compatible with the primary, simplex imperfective verb читал but incompatible with the secondary imperfective verb in example (3). However, an indicator of completion за неделю (in a week), is compatible with both forms of the verb, the secondary imperfective form прочитывал and the perfective form прочитал, meaning that both verb forms require a 'close-ended' indicator of duration emphasizing completion of the action. The difference between contexts (2) and (3) is that context (3), in addition to the notion of completion, also refers to a number of completed actions, while context (2) refers only to a one-time completion. This type of secondary imperfective verb still puzzles many linguists and complicates explanation of the verbal aspect in Russian as a binary opposition of the perfective, as its marked member, and the imperfective, as an unmarked one. See, for example, Roman Jacobson's seminal work "О структуре русского глагола" (1985) or Oscar Swan's "The Mystery of the Imperfective Completive" (1977). According to V. D. Klimonov (2010), who investigated the reorganization of aspectual paradigms in the history of Russian verbs within a framework of the natural grammar theory, iterativity, as a grammatical notion of imperfective verbs in Russian, is traced back to the earlier stage of the Old-Russian language, of the eleventh through twelfth centuries. It was expressed in such oppositions as пълзтипълзать, пасти (<падти)-падати, etc. A new, original Russian
Generalized Pisot Numbers and Matrix Decomposition
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 2016
We consider the linear fractional transformations of polynomials and the linear transformations o... more We consider the linear fractional transformations of polynomials and the linear transformations of homogeneous binary forms and study their properties. A definition of generalized Pisot number is given. This definition differs from definition of Pisot numbers by the absence of a requirement to be integer. In the case of totally real algebraic fields reduced generalized numbers Pisot are reduced algebraic irrationalities. It is shown that for arbitrary real algebraic irrationality \(\alpha \) of degree \(n\ge 2\), a sequence of residual fractions \(\alpha _m\) is a sequence of the reduced generalized numbers Pisot starting from some index \(m_0=m_0(\alpha )\). The asymptotic formula for conjugate numbers to residual fractions of generalized numbers Pisot is found. We study properties of the minimal polynomials of the residual fractions in the continued fraction expansion of the algebraic numbers. The recurrence formulas to find the minimum polynomials of the residual fractions using linear fractional transformations are given.
Stydnaia taina neravenstva: filosofsko-politicheskoe issledovanie
The Slavic and East European Journal, 2002
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Papers by Valentina Soboleva
affect successful learning of these verbs. Part 1 presents an account of the burning issues, such as
why Russian non-prefixed imperfective motion verbs are paired on additional contrastive principle
as determinate – indeterminate motion or why most indeterminate motion verbs remain
imperfective after acquiring prefixes, while some of them yield both perfective and imperfective
verbs. Part 2 contextualizes these unresolved issues within a relevant literature review. Part 3
provides an evaluation of the reviewed literature. Part 4 proposes a new classification for the
aspectual values of Russian motion verbs in the light of the reviewed literature. Part 5 offers
suggestions for a new approach to teaching Russian verbs of motion from the angle of proposed
classification of their semantic values. Part 6 presents conclusions.
The article presents an analysis of semantic peculiarities of secondary imperfective verbs. The secondary imperfective verbs hold a special place within the verbal system: they significantly surpass primary 2 imperfective verbs in number, yet, strangely, have been receiving an insufficient attention from researchers. The aim of the study was to analyze the behavior of 300 secondary imperfective verbs in their compatibility with indicators of duration and completion, their ability to express progressive actions, and multiplicity imbedded in their semantics. Proceeding from the results, the author offers suggestions to
solving contradictions and inconsistencies in the interpretations of the Russian verbal aspect functionality.
Ключевые слова: вторичная имперфективация; длительность; актуальная длительность;
многократность / итеративность; временная локализованность; точечность; терминативность;
тройственная видовая оппозиция, минимальный и расширенный контекст.
Key words: secondary imperfectivity; duration; progressivity; iterativity; localization in time;
pointedness; terminativity; tripartite aspectual opposition; minimal and extended context.
affect successful learning of these verbs. Part 1 presents an account of the burning issues, such as
why Russian non-prefixed imperfective motion verbs are paired on additional contrastive principle
as determinate – indeterminate motion or why most indeterminate motion verbs remain
imperfective after acquiring prefixes, while some of them yield both perfective and imperfective
verbs. Part 2 contextualizes these unresolved issues within a relevant literature review. Part 3
provides an evaluation of the reviewed literature. Part 4 proposes a new classification for the
aspectual values of Russian motion verbs in the light of the reviewed literature. Part 5 offers
suggestions for a new approach to teaching Russian verbs of motion from the angle of proposed
classification of their semantic values. Part 6 presents conclusions.
The article presents an analysis of semantic peculiarities of secondary imperfective verbs. The secondary imperfective verbs hold a special place within the verbal system: they significantly surpass primary 2 imperfective verbs in number, yet, strangely, have been receiving an insufficient attention from researchers. The aim of the study was to analyze the behavior of 300 secondary imperfective verbs in their compatibility with indicators of duration and completion, their ability to express progressive actions, and multiplicity imbedded in their semantics. Proceeding from the results, the author offers suggestions to
solving contradictions and inconsistencies in the interpretations of the Russian verbal aspect functionality.
Ключевые слова: вторичная имперфективация; длительность; актуальная длительность;
многократность / итеративность; временная локализованность; точечность; терминативность;
тройственная видовая оппозиция, минимальный и расширенный контекст.
Key words: secondary imperfectivity; duration; progressivity; iterativity; localization in time;
pointedness; terminativity; tripartite aspectual opposition; minimal and extended context.