eto - query

[Wayles Browne]

I was able to find a number of examples by searching for "chto ehto"
in the Tubingen Russian Corpora at
http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/b1/korpora.html ,
for instance the following:

Gefunden in Text XGBI0301
à ÍýÍÓ’Ó ·šÎÓ åÓÌýžÓ’Û , ԕËÍËÌے¯ÂÏÛ Ó·˜Â ÓÔÓÁ”ýÌËÂ Ë ÛÊ ڒ•”Ó
•ýÒҗËښ’ý’¯ÂÏÛ ’šÎÂÚÂÚ¸ ÌËÍýÍ Ì ÔÓÁÊ ,
—ÂÏ ... ’”•Û“ ÓÒÓÁÌýÚ¸ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ’”¸ Â“Ó •ÂÈÒ ’šÍÎËÍýœÚ Ô•’šÏ , Â“Ó !
(I kakovo bylo Monaxovu, prikinuvshemu obshchee opozdanie i uze tverdo
rasschityvavshemu vyletet' nikak ne pozzhe, chem... vdrug osoznat',
chto e`to ved' evo rejs vyklikajut pervym, evo!)

Gefunden in Text XGGA0301
èÓÎÛÚӕý“Ó”Ó’ýÎýþ ”Ó—Íý ˞ , ӔÌýÍÓ , ˜ ”ÓÎ“Ó ÓÒÚý’ýÎýÒ¸ Û Ò’Â͕ӒË
: җËÚýÎÓÒ¸ , —ÚÓ ÏÓÎӔšÂ ԕÓÒÚÓ ’ ÒÒӕ . çÓ
ÓÌË ÓÙ˖ËýθÌÓ •ýÁÓ¯ÎËÒ¸ —•ÂÁ ÌÂÒÍÓθÍÓ ÎÂÚ , Ë ’Ò ÔӒ•ÌÛÎÓÒ¸
ÔÓÒΠÚýÍ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ÏÛÊ " ·•ÓÒËÎ ÒÂϸœ " . ÇԕӗÂÏ ,
ÍÓÌ—ÌÓ , ÚÂÔ•¸ ڕ۔ÌÓ Ò۔ËÚ¸ , ÍÚÓ ·šÎ ԕý’ , ÍÚÓ ’ËÌӒýÚ .
(Polutoragodovalaja dochka ix, odnako, eshche dolgo ostavalas'
u svekrovi: schitalos', chto molodye prosto v ssore. No
oni oficial'no razoshlis' cherez neskol'ko let, i vse
povernulos' posle tak, chto e`to muzh "brosil sem'ju".
Vprochem, konechno, teper' trudno sudit', kto byl prav, kto
vinovat.)

Gefunden in Text XPLV0201
êýÁ’ ̠’ÓÒ͕ÂÒÂ̸ ? " èÓÚÓÏ þ ÔÓÌËÏýœ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ”þÚÂÎ Ò·ËÎ ÏÂÌþ ÒÓ
җÂÚÛ : þ ÛÒΚ¯ýÎ Á’ÛÍ •ý·Óښ , Ë ÏÌÂ
ÔÓÍýÁýÎÓÒ¸ ÒڕýÌÌšÏ , —ÚÓ •ý·ÓÚýœÚ ’ ’ÓÒ͕ÂÒÂ̸ , Ë Î˯¸ Úӓ”ý þ
ÓÒÓÁÌýÎ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ”þÚÂÎ . çÓ ÚÓ , —ÚÓ ”þÚÂÎ ÌÂ
ÁÌýÂÚ ’ÓÒ͕ÂÒ̚ž ”ÌÂÈ , ÍýÍ-ÚÓ Ô•ËÒښ”ËÎÓ ÏÂÌþ .
(The first instance in:
Potom ja ponimaju, chto e`to djatel sbil menja so schetu:
ja uslyshal zvuk raboty, i mne pokazalos' strannym, chto
rabotajut v voskresen'e, i lish' togda ja soznal, chto e`to
djatel.)

... þ ÔÓÌþÎ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ”þÚÂÎ ÒÓ Ò’ÓËÏ ÍýʔӔÌ’̚Ï
ڕ۔ÓΜ·ËÂÏ ÌýÒڕÓËÎ ÏÂÌþ ÚýÍ...
(ja ponjal, chto e`to djatel so svoim kazhdodnevnym trudoljubiem
nastroil menja tak...)


Gefunden in Text XSIS0301
èÓÚÓÏ , ÌýÍÓÌ– , ÔÓÌþÎ Ë Î“ ÒýÏ , ý Μ”Ë •Â¯ËÎË , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ ÓÌË Â“Ó
ÓԕÓÍËÌÛÎË .
(Potom, nakonec, ponjal i leg sam, a ljudi reshili, chto e`to oni ego
oprokinuli.)

à ÚÓθÍÓ ÔÓÚÓÏ ÓÌ ÔÓÌþÎ , —ÚÓ ›ÚÓ Îœ·Ó’¸ ”ÂÎýÂÚ Ú•ý’Û ’ÍÛÒÌÓÈ .
(I tol'ko potom on ponjal, chto e`to ljubov' delaet travu vkusnoj.)

etc.


>Dear SEELANGERS
>I saw a claim recently, in a paper on Yiddish, that Russian sentences
>focused by eto are ungrammatical when embedded.
>Thus: Eto Sasha uvidel Mashu. It is Sasha that saw Masha.
>but allegedly
>*Ja znaju shto eto Sasha uvidel Mashu. I know that it is Sasha that saw Masha.
>I feel that this is not so, but, not being a native speaker, I would like
>to hear the opinion of native speakers of Russian. Also, if anyone can
>point to some nice counterexamples from written language, literature, press
>etc. Finally, the most recent treatment of this in Russian that I read is
>Paducheva,  Znachenie i sintakticheskie funkcii slova eto, in Problemy
>strukturnoj lingvistiki 1980, 76-91. I'm sure there must be more recent
>work on this, and I'd be grateful for any reference.
>Many thanks
>Moshe Taube
>
>Moshe Taube
>DeptMoshe TaubeM
>
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Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

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