Personaalpronoomenite ja pöördevormide sekundaarkasutusest eesti ja vene keeles

Abstract

"On the metaphorical use of personal pronouns and verb forms in Estonian and Russian". The article is devoted to the metaphorical use of personal pronouns and their respective verb forms in Russian and Estonian. Personal pronouns is one of the first topics that is introduced to the learner of any language. In Russian and Estonian the systems of personal pronouns are quite similar, however their meta phorical use is not identical in these languages. Some metaphorical uses are regular in Russian but are not common in Estonian; it depends on the cultural and linguistic traditions of the language in question. While most cases of the metaphorical use of personal pronouns and related verb forms are nonetheless the same in Estonian and Russian, one can still point out some dissimilarities.

Keywords

• personal pronouns
• person
• number
• verb form
• metaphorical use
• russian
• estonian