Real adjuncts in instrumental in Russian
- An adjunct-DP in the free instrumental case occurs in a number of surface positions where the DP is syntactically optional. does not depend on any element in the sentence, and has a number of different interpretations. We introduce Bailyn's proposal which postulates a uniform syntactic environment for all the uses of instr. This calls for a uniform semantics of these DPs which can nevertheless accomodate the different interpretations. Starting with the hypothesis of Roman Jakobson about the semantics of the instrumental case we formulate a semantic interpretation theory based on abduction. We give a uniform semantics for three different adjunct uses of instr in this framework. In the concluding part of the paper we discuss some possible alternatives and ramifications as well as questions and objections raised with respect to the treatment proposed in this paper.
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| Author: | Assinja Demjjanow, Anatoli Strigin |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-307298 |
| URL: | http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/209.html |
| ISSN: | 1435-9588 |
| ISSN: | 0947-7055 |
| Parent Title (English): | Approaching the grammar of adjuncts : proceedings of the Oslo conference, September 22-25, 1999, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin, 1999; ZAS papers in linguistics Vol. 17 |
| Publisher: | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2013/10/31 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2000 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/10/31 |
| GND Keyword: | Russisch; Syntax; Instrumental; Adjunkt <Linguistik> |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Page Number: | 26 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 26 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 378314254 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 49 Andere Sprachen / 491 Ostindoeuropäische und keltische Sprachen |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: Sprachtypologie / Language typology | |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: Kontrastive Linguistik / Contrastive linguistics | |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | ZAS papers in linguistics : ZASPiL / ZASPiL 17 = Approaching the grammar of adjuncts : Proceedings of the Oslo Conference |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-306599 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
