Raising and similar phenomena in Russian (mainly based on the behavior of pronouns)


2020. №2, 31-60

Alexander B. Letuchiy a, b, @
Anna V. Viklova a
a National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia;
b Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; alexander.letuchiy@gmail.com

Abstract:

The paper discusses the possibility of argument raising in Russian. Although Russian is not a canonical raising language, as English, some phenomena are reminiscent of raising. These are constructions where an element of the main clause can only acquire a plausible interpretation if we suppose that it is generated in the subordinate clause. In the analysis, I use data of previous works focusing on one particular construction. However, in my study I focus on the behavior of pronouns: scope of negative and indefi nite pronouns and possibility of replacement of the subordinate clause with the pronoun èto.

For citation:

Letuchiy A. B., Viklova A. V. Raising and similar phenomena in Russian (mainly based on the behavior of pronouns). Voprosy Jazykoznanija, 2020, 2: 31–60.

Acknowledgements:

The publication was prepared within the framework of the Academic Fund Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 2018–2019 (grant No. 18-01-0032) and by the Russian Academic Excellence Project “5-100”. The authors are grateful for the two anonymous reviewers for their questions and remarks.