Russian converbs – temporal interpretation and information structure
Journal: Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies
Year: 2010

This paper presents a study of Russian converb constructions (non-finite verb forms used for adverbial subordination) and their interpretations, addressing the question of whether their semantic diversity could be explained in terms of vagueness (i.e. converbs are assumed to have one basic (vague) meaning, but may receive additional readings as a result of various linguistic as well as extra-linguistic factors) or polysemy (i.e. converb meanings can only be analyzed by listing all the different