Figurative use of past tense in Russian: a case study

  • Daria Chernova University of Tromsø
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/6.1264
Keywords: past tense, figurative use, metaphor, metonymy, cognitive linguistics

Abstract

This article discusses past tense verbs in collocations with the future tense adverbial завтра ‘tomorrow'. It is shown that the past tense grammeme can express habitual, hypothetical and conditional meanings that are related through metonymy.
Published
2010-01-01
How to Cite
Chernova, Daria. 2010. “Figurative Use of past Tense in Russian: A Case Study”. Poljarnyj Vestnik 13 (January):33-47. https://doi.org/10.7557/6.1264.
Issue
Vol 13 (2010)
Section
Articles (editorially reviewed)
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