a question about non-standard Russian
Yoshimasa Tsuji
yamato at YT.CACHE.WASEDA.AC.JP
Thu Apr 12 10:36:18 UTC 2001
Hello,
I wonder if someone on this list will help me
regarding vernacular Russian.
I am currently engaged in editing stenogrammes, recorded
at a workers' meeting that took place in Petrograd in January 1918,
and have come across several cases of a redundant pronoun in the
nominative case:
Takoj obshirnyj gromadnyj apparat on dolzhen byl imet' trenija,..
Eti organizacii, kotoryja rodilis' pri byvshem uzhe otchasti
kapitalisticheskom stroe, one v pervuju ochered' postavili
svoej zadachej ob"edinenie rachochikh sil, konechno, v
bor'be za uluchshenie svoego ekonomicheskago polozhenija.
I looked in the grammar book wondering if there were explanations,
but no reference at all. I am familiar with this kind of redundant
pronoun in English on the British Isles and have a preconception
that this truly records what the speaker actually said.
Any pointers to good reference books are welcome. Thanks.
Cheers,
Tsuji
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P.S.
Thank you, Alina. Yes, indeed. I have been reminded of
"my mistress"/"mistress of the house", ma femme/femme,
mein Weib/Weib, etc. Thank you for the enlightenment.
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