query - vzjat' i

[Kjetil Rå Hauge]

>Dear SEEELANGers
>
>Can anyone refer me to studies treating turns like (I'm quoting from
>the Penguin Russian Dictionary by Bill Ryan and Peter Norman): ja vzjal
>da i skazal - 'I up  and said'; a ty voz'mi da skazhi emu?  - 'you
>really told him?'.  Also, references to studies on similar turns in
>other Slavic languages would be very helpful.
>

Bulgarian has similar constructions. I don't know 
of any studies, but you will find short 
descriptions and a number of examples in the 
Academy's multivolume dictionary under _vzemam_, 
senses 26, 27 and especially 28. (Incidentally, 
Norwegian has turns like these too.)

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