Varianty pristavocnykh glagolov nesoversennogo vida v Russkom jazyke: Variants of Russian prefixed imperfectives (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics, 19)

This study examines the correlation between form and meaning of Russian prefixed imperfective verbs ending in -Át'/-jÁt' and -yvat'/-ivat' which are derived from one and the same root (-gotÓvit', podgotovljÁt'/podgotÁvlivat'). The following questions are discussed: Which factors determine the use of either the form -Át' or the form in -yvat'? What is the role of the opposition determinate/indeterminate in verbs which do not express linear motion? What is the relation between prefix and suffix? (-xvalit', vosxvaljÁt', vyxvaljÁt'/vyxvÁlivat', naxvÁlivat').Is there a tendency for forms in -Át' to be replaced by forms in -yvat' (prisposobljÁt' by prisposÁblivat') or vice versa (obsÚ^zivat' by obsu^zdÁt')?
Besides present-day Russian, literary, journalistic and scientific publications from the 19th century have been examined in order to establish the dynamics of the linguistic development.