<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with meaning and use of an indefinite pronoun <italic>kakojlibo</italic> ‘any/some’ in the modern Russian language. Research based on corpus data revealed non-standard usage of the pronoun <italic>kakoj-libo</italic> ‘any/some’. The paper describes main types of the deviations and evaluates their pragmatic and semantic effect. Finally, tendencies of the change in semantics and use of these pronouns are characterized.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with meaning and use of an indefinite pronoun kakojlibo ‘any/some’ in the modern Russian language. Research based on corpus data revealed non-standard usage of the pronoun kakoj-libo ‘any/some’. The paper describes main types of the deviations and evaluates their pragmatic and semantic effect. Finally, tendencies of the change in semantics and use of these pronouns are characterized.

Russian Indefinite Pronoun <italic>kakoj-libo</italic>: Non-Standard Usage and Changes in the Semantics

National Research University – High School of Economics

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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Russian Indefinite Pronoun : Non-Standard Usage and Changes in the Semantics

The paper deals with meaning and use of an indefinite pronoun kakojlibo ‘any/some’ in the modern Russian language. Research based on corpus data revealed...

Russian Indefinite Pronoun kakoj-libo: Non-Standard Usage and Changes in the Semantics

Published Online: Dec 21, 2019

Page range: 225 - 233

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0053

Keywords
Russian language, semantics, indefinite pronouns, nonstandard speech, corpus-based approach

© 2019 Yulia Kuvshinskaya, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Russian Indefinite Pronoun kakoj-libo: Non-Standard Usage and Changes in the Semantics

Published Online: Dec 21, 2019

Page range: 225 - 233

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0053

KeywordsRussian language, semantics, indefinite pronouns, nonstandard speech, corpus-based approach

© 2019 Yulia Kuvshinskaya, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Russian language, semantics, indefinite pronouns, nonstandard speech, corpus-based approach