Concession in Russian: Semantics as a reflection of Rhetoric

• Autores: Valentina Apresjan
• Localización: Proceedings [of the] Fourth International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory [Recurso electrónico] / David Beck (ed. lit.), Kim Gerdes (ed. lit.), Jasmina Milicevic (ed. lit.), Alain Polguère (ed. lit.), 2009, ISBN 978-2-9811149-0-7, págs. 15-24
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The paper examines how the rhetorical functions of the "system-forming meaning" of concession determine its semantic properties. The paper suggests and motivates the definition of the core meaning of concession as reflected in the Russian conjunction hotia "although". Further analysis reveals the major semantic modifications to this core meaning, namely, the "hypothetical", "want" and "quantity/degree" modifications. The paper shows how they combine and interrelate in the meaning of Russian concessive words and constructions.