标题：ON THE FUNCTIONS OF NOMINAL AND PRONOMINAL FORMS OF ADJECTIVES IN OLD RUSSIAN From the Sinodal' Reduction of Novgorod Primary Chronicle of the 14th century
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摘要：An opinion has long been prevailed in Russian linguistics that the so calledpronominal forms ( polnyje formy ) of adjectives are functionally comparable to theconstruction “definit article+adjective (+substantive)” of other European languages, and the nominal forms ( kratkije formy ) to “indefinit article+adjective (+substantive)”. This is mainly due to the conception that the pronominal forms-beingestablished by means of adding demonstrative elements ji , ja , je to the corresponding nominal forms respectively, with the subsequent fusion of these components shouldin their function be a sum, or rather product, of the functionsof adjectives proper and those of demonstrative pronouns. This view may seem quite natural at first glance, and seems to be supportedby the fact that the construction “definit article+adjective (+substantive)” in Greek religious documents corresponds in a large measure to the pronominal forms in Old Slavonic versions. However, a close examination will reveal that there remains a possibility of different conclusion more persuasive perhaps: anadjective modifies substantives indirectly through the intermediation of its demonstrativeelements ( ji, ja, je ), e. g. veliku-ji knjazi “great-that/prince=prince, that great.” That is, an adjective first determines these demonstrative elements, forms an expression functionally very akin to an adjectival substantives, andthen stands as appositive-modifier of and to the substantives they modify. On the basis of this new hypothesis the author systematically studies thematerials, drawn from the Sinodal' reduction of Novgorod Primary Chronicle, and tries to establish fundamental functions of pronominal and nominal forms. He came to the following conclusion: the function of pronominal forms is todenote that the correlation between adjective and substantive in a given combinationis considered, in the consciousness of the speaker, as already establishedbefore the moment of his speech. On the contrary, nominal forms are usedwhen such correlation is to be established just at the moment of the speech.
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