On the word “polusonok” (Genetivus pluralis) in the “Grifel’naja oda” (“Slate ode”) by Osip Mandel’štam

Abstract

The article is concerned with the structure and the significance of the word polusonok created by O. E. Mandel’štam. The author reconstructs its derivational history and demonstrates that the word was created for expressing a plurale tantum.

Keywords

• мандельштам
• “грифельная ода”
• неологизмы
• pluralia tantum