Voprosy JazykoznanijaVoprosy JazykoznanijaВопросы языкознания0373-658X3034-5243The Russian Academy of Sciences68351510.31857/0373-658X.2025.3.62-105ArticlesСтатьиResearch ArticleThe second position constraint in coordinate structures: North Russian dialectal data in theory and typologyОграничение второй позиции в сочинительных конструкциях: вклад северных русских говоров в теорию и типологиюIsaevIgor I.ИсаевИгорь Игоревич
Russian Federation
isaev@iling-ran.ruSideltsevAndrey V.СидельцевАндрей Владимирович
Russian Federation
acidelcev@iling-ran.ruInstitute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of SciencesИнститут языкознания РАН1505202536210509062025Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of SciencesCopyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук2025Russian Academy of SciencesРоссийская академия наукhttps://journals.eco-vector.com/0373-658X/article/view/683515

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.

В статье рассматривается синтаксис сочинительного союза да в северных русских говорах на типологическом фоне и предлагается единое объяснение его разнообразным моделям употребления (проклитическое при втором конъюнкте, энклитическое при первом или втором конъюнкте, удвоенное употребление при втором конъюнкте) в формальных моделях языка. Мы показываем, что данные северных русских говоров представляют собой важный материал для понимания ограничения второй позиции в языках мира. В частности, они демонстрируют типологически крайне редкий случай варьирования двух реализаций одного постсинтаксического механизма — редупликации и метатезы.

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