Terms

[John Dunn]

 A. Aleksandrov's Complete Russian-English Dictionary (SPb., 1885) translates 'дѣепричастіе'* as 'verbal adverb, gerund', and in a career that doesn't go back quite as far as Aleksandrov I can't remember seeing 'gerund' used in the context of Russian grammar to refer to anything other than the verbal adverb.  But, as Jacee Cho suggests, 'gerund' can mean different things to different people, and 'verbal adverb' does have the advantage of transparency.

John Dunn.

*deeprichastie.  I hope the jat' in the original comes through.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Pareshnev, Evgeny" <evgeny-pareshnev at UIOWA.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 22:06:29 -0600
Subject: [SEELANGS] Terms "gerund" and "verbal adverb"

Dear SEELANGS,            
 
Could somebody tell me about the difference between English terms "gerund" and "verbal adverb" as relates to the Russian "deeprichastie", and what is the principal difference between these terms? The thing is, some textbooks for Russian use the term  "gerund" and other textbooks have term "verbal adverb". Thank  you in advance.

 

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John Dunn
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University of Glasgow, Scotland

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