V.M.Zhirmunsky: Ona otdalas' bez upreka...

[Robert Orr]

> Why in Zhirmunsky's "The Rhyme: its history and theory" the quotation
> from Bal'mont was it was "Ona
> tselovalaS' bez slov?", not tselovala? Just a missprint?
> Liza Ginzburg

I have actually drawn students' attention to this usage once or twice.  I
have heard  "celovatsja" used in a context (xoroso celujetsja 'best
translated as "(s)he's a good kisser", maybe "(s)he kisses well") which
leads me to believe that it may be used as a middle (see Schenker's
excellent article in American contributions, 1988), similar to kusatsja (cf.
eta sobaka kusaetsja - this dog bites).

the sense of the Balmont line is obvious: she didn't make a habit of talking
while kissing, or something like that.

So: not just a misprint.

Robert Orr




> >  >Could anyone help me to find the poem?
> > >Thank you,
> > >E.Shir
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