Non-finite clauses and root modality: evidence from Russian

This paper reports a case of belief/intent alternation in the Russian attitude verb 'dumat’ (think/intend) and connects it to a similar alternation in English. Theoretical implications are drawn using the notion of contextual allosemy, proposing that this alternation arises not through compositional semantics, but from contextual sense insertion. The study contributes to the typology of attitude verb alternations and proposes that generalizations like the Implicational Complementation Hierarchy can be used to constrain allosemy rules.