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  • February 1, 2016
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SPECIAL MEANINGS OF OPTATIVE UTTERANCES WITH YES-CONSTRUCTION IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article deals with the realization of the special optative meanings ​​in the utterances with the so-called yes-construction. During the analysis of the optative utterances the author uses the texts from different periods of the Russian language, reveals the special optative meanings with yes-construction and identifies the specificity of its use. The term yes-construction being the central for this work is borrowed from the grammars of the Macedonian and Bulgarian languages to denote the construction consisting in Russian of the particle yes + presence of perfective and imperfective aspect.

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Mariya Ivanovna Shcherbakova

St. Tikhon's Orthodox University

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  • Published: February 1, 2016.

Keywords

  • русский язык
  • оптативное значение
  • да-конструкция
  • религиозный дискурс
  • лексикализация
  • the Russian language
  • optative meaning
  • yes-construction
  • religious discourse
  • lexicalization

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