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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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Russian writer of novels, plays, and short stories who wrote Fathers and Sons
  • proper noun
: Iván Serguéyevich Turguéniev
  • My favorite novel by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is 'Fathers and Sons'.

Examples

  • The works of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev had a major impact on Russian and European literature.

  • Many students study Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev when learning about 19th-century fiction.

  • Many consider Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev one of the greatest Russian writers.

  • Did you read Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's novel 'Fathers and Sons'?

  • Many students study Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev when learning about 19th-century fiction.

  • My favorite novel by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is 'Fathers and Sons'.

  • The works of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev had a major impact on Russian and European literature.

Synonyms

Ivan Turgenev
vsIvan Sergeevich Turgenev
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A Russian writer from the 1800s who wrote novels and stories about Russian society

is presented mainly by naming famous works rather than by thematic focus

Surface Forms

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev main

Morphology

Ivan + Sergeevich + Turgenev

This is a referential proper name: knowing the constituent names (Ivan, Sergeevich, Turgenev) does not convey that the referent is a 19th-century Russian novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. Proper names are not compositionally interpretable in the way lexical MWEs are and require world knowledge or explicit explanation, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev was a famous Russian writer from the 1800s. He wrote clear, realistic stories like 'Fathers and Sons' about people and social change, so his name now refers to a major 19th-century Russian novelist.