A General Inventory of Surface-Syntactic Relations. Part Two

Igor Mel’Čuk

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2016-9-94-120

A General Inventory of Surface-Syntactic Relations. Part Two

Igor Mel’Čuk

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2016-9-94-120

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Abstract

A universal list of surface-syntactic relations [SSyntRels] is compiled based on the idea that a SSyntRel r is “the same” in different languages if and only if this r has the same set of core functions in all these languages (just like the nominative in different languages is still a nominative since it is used everywhere for nomination-its core function; its other functions might be different). A few remarks are formulated on the Deep-Syntactic structure: 12 universal deep-syntactic relations are briefly introduced, and a list of 30 fictitious lexemes is presented (they are used in DSyntSs to represent syntactic constructions carrying lexical-type meanings). After a concise characterization of SSyntRels, the paper offers a list of 112 SSyntRels known in world languages: subordinate and coordinate; the subordinate SSyntRels are divided into clause-level and phrase-level SSyntRels, with further subdivision into valence-controlled vs. non-valence-controlled and then into Noun Phrase SSyntRels, Adpositional Phrase SSyntRels, etc.

Keywords

General syntax, dependency syntax, deep-syntactic relations, fictitious lexemes, surface-syntactic relations, общий синтаксис, синтаксис зависимостей, глубинно-синтаксические отношения, фиктивные лексемы, поверхностно-синтаксические отношения,

About the Author

Igor Mel’Čuk

The Canadian Royal Society; The Austrian Academy of Sciences; Besancon University (France)
Russian Federation

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For citation: Mel’Čuk I. A General Inventory of Surface-Syntactic Relations. Part Two. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2016;(9):94-120. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2016-9-94-120

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