simple perfectives

[Gladney, Frank Y]

It depends on what one considers simple.  Some would argue that Ru. _poluchit'_ and _pobedit]_ are simple, in the absence of *_luchit'_ and *_bedit'_.  But Karcevski (1927:100) writes: La conscience des subjects parlants s'attache au moindre indice dans la forme d'un verbe qui pourrai permettere de lui attribuer une structure syntagmatique en rapport avec sa valeur aspective.  So maybe Russian speakers don't regard _poluchit'_ and _pobedit'_ as simple.  Or _vstretit'_? Or even _vzjat'_?

Frank Y. Gladney

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