Russian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of Linguistics2687-00882686-8024Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3294910.22363/2687-0088-31357ArticlesСтатьиArticlesResearch ArticleRussian reduplicative surface-syntactic relations in the perspective of general syntaxРусские редупликативные поверхностно-синтаксические отношения в аспекте общего синтаксисаhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4520-0554Mel’čukIgor AleksandrovichМельчукИгорь Александрович

Professor Emeritus

заслуженный профессор Монреальского университета (Канада) и член Королевского общества Канады

igor.melcuk@umontreal.caUniversité de MontréalМонреальский университет22122022264“Meaning ⇔ Text” Theory in the Linguistic Universe In honour of Igor MEL’ČUKТеория «Смысл ⇔ Текст» в лингвистической вселенной К юбилею И.А. МЕЛЬЧУКА88190721122022Copyright ©; 2022, Mel’čuk I.A.Copyright ©; 2022, Мельчук И.А.Copyright ©; 2022, Mel’čuk I.2022Mel’čuk I.A.Мельчук И.А.Mel’čuk I.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/32949

The paper considers lexical reduplications in Russian in the perspective of general syntax. The goal is to define and fully characterize special Russian surface-syntactic relations [SSyntRels], that is, the reduplicative SSyntRels, which appear exclusively in syntactic idioms formed by lexical reduplications. The syntactic operation REDUPL is defined, and several reduplicative SSyntRels are introduced. A deductive calculus thereof is proposed, based on three parameters concerning the correlations between the reduplicate and the reduplicand: the reduplicate is anteposed/postposed (with respect to the reduplicand); is in contact/is not in contact (with the reduplicand); represents an exact/inexact copy (of the reduplicand); eight reduplicative SSynt-Rels are theoretically possible. The notion of syntactic idiom (a non-compositional multilexemic expression having a non-segmental signifier) is formulated and illustrated: e.g., the sentence Mne Y prazdnik X ne v prazdnik Lʹ(X) lit. ‘To me the feast is not into a feast’ = ‘I cannot enjoy the feast’, which implements the syntactic idiom [X to.Y] ˹be not into Lʹ(X)˺ ‘X cannot be enjoyed by Y’. Six reduplicative SSyntRels of Russian and one of English are described. These SSyntRels are conceived as a fragment of a general inventory of SSyntRels in the world languages.

Русские лексические редупликации (удвоения) рассматриваются в аспекте общего синтаксиса. Цель статьи - определить и полностью охарактеризовать специальные русские редупликативные поверхностно-синтаксические отношения [ПСинтО], а именно - редупликативные ПСинтО, которые выступают исключительно в синтаксических идиомах, основанных на редупликациях. Определяется синтаксическая операция редупликации REDUPL. Вводятся редупликативные ПСинтО и предлагается дедуктивное исчисление таких ПСинтО, основанное на трех параметрах, задающих соотношения между редупликатом и редупликандом: редупликат предшествует редупликанду/следует за ним; находится/не находится в контакте с редупликандом; представляет собой точную/неточную копию редупликанда. Тем самым теоретически возможны 8 редупликативных ПСинтО. Формулируется и иллюстрируется понятие синтаксической идиомы - некомпозиционного многолексемного выражения с несегментным означающим. Например, предложение Мне Y праздник X не в праздник Lʹ(X) ‘Я не могу наслаждаться праздником’ является реализацией синтаксической идиомы [Y-у X] ˹быть не в Lʹ(X)˺ ‘Y не может наслаждаться X-ом’. Полностью описываются шесть русских редупликативных ПСинтО и одно английское редупликативное ПСинтО. Эти ПСинтО рассматриваются как фрагмент инвентаря ПСинтО, встречающихся в языках мира.

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