The category of directionality in Russian paired verbs of motion (a case study of LETETʹ / LETATʹ)

The object of the study is the set of Russian determinate / indeterminate motion verbs (of the LETETʹ / LETATʹ ‘fly’ type). A full-fl edged lexicographic description of the LETETʹ / LETATʹ pair is proposed; its analysis leads to the formulation of the semantic difference between the members of determinate / indeterminate motion verb pairs. This difference is described by means of an infl ectional verbal category — the category of directionality (napravlennostʹ). Accordingly, the members of a determinate / indeterminate motion verb pair are considered to be infl ectional forms of one lexeme; consequently, they can be presented in one lexicographic entry.