@article{Arylova_2010, title={The Russian be-possessive: subjecthood and argument structure}, volume={1}, url={https://bells.uib.no/index.php/bells/article/view/71}, DOI={10.15845/bells.v1i1.71}, abstractNote={<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The paper touches upon two aspects of the Russian be-possessive: subjecthood and argument structure. A brief presentation of subjecthood tests (reflexive binding, word order, presupposed reference and substitution by PRO) demonstrates that the PP-possessor is the subject of the construction, although morphological subject characteristics embellish the possessum. A look at the argument structure of the be-possessive constitutes a step towards the understanding of the idiosyncrasies of the construction. I consider a range of the existing analyses of the argument structure of the be-possessive and argue that the construction should be analyzed as a dyadic unaccusative, as proposed in Chvany (1975).</span></p><p> </p>}, number={1}, journal={Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies}, author={Arylova, Aysa}, year={2010}, month={Dec.} }