Syntax of Russian DP-coordination: Ellipsis approach vs. small conjunct hypothesis

Ksenia Studenikina
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract. This paper deals with syntax of coordinated DPs with linearly opposite dependents in Russian. Traditionally such constructions have been claimed to result from ellipsis or conjunction reduction, which means deletion of repeated constituents in phonology. In this paper I provide arguments supporting the small conjuncts analysis and ATB-movement. As well as data about prosodic structure of the DP, which shows inapplicability of ellipsis approach, I will also provide some experimental data about interpretation of coordinated DPs.

Keywords: syntax of coordination, ellipsis, small conjuncts coordination, DPs with linearly opposite dependents, experimental syntax

For citation: Studenikina K. Syntax of Russian DP-coordination: Ellipsis approach vs. small conjunct hypothesis. Typology of Morphosyntactic Parameters. 2018. Vol. 1, iss. 2. Pp. 115–133. (In Rus.)