The second position constraint in coordinate structures: North Russian dialectal data in theory and typology


2025. №3, 62-105

Igor I. Isaev
Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; isaev@iling-ran.ru
Andrei V. Sideltsev
Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; acidelcev@iling-ran.ru

Abstract:

The paper deals with the syntax of the conjunction da in North Russian dialects in a cross-linguistic perspective and offers a unitary account of its various usages (proclitic, enclitic as well as reduplication) in the formal framework. The paper demonstrates that dialectal data provides intriguing evidence for understanding the second position constraint. Namely, it features cross-linguistically rare variation of reduplication and metathesis as two realizations of the same post-syntactic process.

Keywords
clitics
conjunctions
coordination
dialectology
formal syntax
North Russian
Russian
syntax
word order

For citation:

Isaev I. I., Sideltsev A. V. The second position constraint in coordinate structures: North Russian dialectal data in theory and typology. Voprosy Jazykoznanija, 2025, 3: 62–105.

Acknowledgements:

The research of A. Sideltsev was supported by RSF project No. 24-18-00199 “Clause structure and positional phenomena in SOV languages”, carried out at the Institute of Linguistics (RAS). We heartily thank V. I. Podlesskaja, T. E. Yanko, and A. V. Zimmerling as well as two anonymous reviewers for carefully reading the paper and making many valuable comments and suggestions that improved it. Naturally, the authors remain responsible for any erroneous fact or interpretation that may remain.