On superiority effects in Russian
| dc.contributor.author | Karpacheva, Olga | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-21T19:55:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-21T19:55:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper I argue that Russian is a [-multiply filled Spec,CP] language: in Russian multiple wh-questions only one wh-word appears in Spec,CP, the rest are adjoined to IP. However, unlike other [-multiply filled Spec,CP] languages, Russian exhibits Superiority effects, which, according to Rudin (1988) are characteristic of [+multiply filled Spec,CP] languages, but not of [multiply filled Spec,CP] ones. I show that, given a few assumptions, the Russian data can be accounted for by the Weak Crossover Principle which was used by Hornstein (1995) to explain Superiority effects in a number of languages. To the extent that the analysis is successful, it provides evidence that a [-multiply filled Spec,CP] language can be subject to the Superiority Condition. | en_US |
| dc.description.refereed | Yes | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Karpacheva, O. (1998). On superiority effects in Russian. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 20(Winter), 29-48. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28944 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2371-2643 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51420 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Calgary | en_US |
| dc.publisher.department | Linguistics | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Arts | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en_US |
| dc.subject | Linguistics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Russian language | en_US |
| dc.subject | Syntax | en_US |
| dc.subject | Distinctive features (Linguistics) | en_US |
| dc.title | On superiority effects in Russian | en_US |
| dc.type | journal article |