secondary imperfectives in Serbo-Croatian

[E Wayles Browne]

Forgive me, but I don't think that can be the right interpretation.
Prefixed verbs of motion in SC are perfective, but when you add
an imperfectivizing suffix, the result is an imperfective verb.
You can certainly say both "On uterao auto u garaz^" (He
drove the car into the garage, perfective) and "On uterivao
auto u garaz^" (He was driving, or frequently drove, the
car into the garage, imperfective). You'll find two attestations
of uterati and two of uterivati at
http://www.autobat.co.yu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=405
Note that SC u- = Russian v-.

The same way for other verbs of motion. You can uvesti psa
u kuc'u 'bring a dog into the house' (P) and you can frequently
uvoditi psa u kuc'u (I).

So secondary imperfectivization does occur.

I am not a native speaker, but I have just been looking for
instances on Google.
Yours,
-- 
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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>
>  if you know Serbo-Croatian, could you confirm that secondary
> imperfectivization does not occur with verbs of motion in S-C (i.e. one
> could
> say "On vkatilsia v garazh'" no ne "on vkatyvalsia v garazh"?  I just want
> to
> make sure I am interpreting this article on S-C correctly.
>
> Thank you for your insight,
> Viktoria.
>
> =============================================
> Viktoria Driagina-Hasko, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> 125 Aderhold Hall
> Department of Language and Literacy Education
> University of Georgia
> Athens, GA 30602-7123
> Tel. 706-542-4525
>

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