RUSSIAN DESCRIPTIVE PREDICATES, CONTAINING VERBS OF MOTION WITHOUT PREFIXES, IN THE “MIRROR” OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article examines Russian descriptive predicates, represented by a combination of a verb of motion without a prefix and a verbal noun, in comparison with their semantic equivalents and structural-semantic analogues in the Chinese language. Verbs of motion as part of Russian descriptive predicates are delexicalized to varying degrees; they lose the characteristic of verbs of motion in direct meanings. The structural and semantic types of Russian descriptive predicates are described, the relationship between the verb in their composition and the semantics of the predicate is analyzed. Descriptive predicates involving verbs of motion without prefixes cause difficulties for Chinese students in the process of learning the Russian language at different stages of learning. Based on a comparative analysis, both cases of structural and semantic similarity and differences between Russian descriptive predicates and their Chinese equivalents are identified, and the reasons for the difficulties that Chinese students encounter when perceiving, translating and using in speech Russian descriptive predicates involving verbs of motion without a prefix are revealed.