ORDER OF SUBJECT AND OBJECT IN SCIENTIFIC RUSSIAN WHEN OTHER DIFFERENTIA ARE LACKING,
Abstract
Conclusions: On the basis of a preliminary study of the 56 relevant instances in 22,000 running words of text, it was concluded that if two nouns in a sentence cannot be distinguished as subject and object of a transitive verb by their morphological properties, and if one precedes the verb while the other follows, the first noun is the subject. This rule, together with adequate coverage of idioms, appears entirely effective. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 11, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0616846
Entities
People
- D. G. Hays
Organizations
- RAND Corporation