Grammatical Forms with Future Semantics in Russian and German

DOI

10.2991/emssese-19.2019.4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

grammatical forms, future semantics, indicative, German language, Russian language

Abstract

In this article the authors compare indicative grammatical forms to express future semantics in Russian and German. Thus, the main method of research is comparative analysis. Both languages have two specialized forms, with future as their primary meaning, and two forms for which this meaning is syntagmatic (secondary). The authors reveal, describe and explain similarities and differences in semantics, structure and functioning of these forms in the Russian and German direct speech, used in fictional texts. German has differentiation in specialized forms with ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’ use, while Russian has no such differentiation. In Russian, specialized tense forms with future meaning are opposed in terms of their aspect in imperfective aspect Future and perfective aspect Future, whereas in German it is only possible to talk about tendencies in use of Future forms with terminative verbs. In German, non-specialized forms with a secondary future meaning are more frequently used than specialized future forms. In Russian the reverse is true.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Elena Bodnaruk
AU  - Viktoriia Beim
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Grammatical Forms with Future Semantics in Russian and German
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on European Multilingualism: Shaping Sustainable Educational and Social Environment (EMSSESE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 263
EP  - 269
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emssese-19.2019.4
DO  - 10.2991/emssese-19.2019.4
ID  - Bodnaruk2019/11
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