刊讯｜SSCI 期刊《理论语言学》2022年第1-2期

THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS

Volume 48，Issue 1-2，June 2022

THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS（SSCI二区，2021IF：1.455） 2022年第1-2期共发文8篇，包含1篇靶子论文、6篇对其的评论以及1篇原作者的回应，均是围绕斯拉夫语言的语序展开的。

目录

           

Target Article

■ Slavic languages – “SVO” languages without SVO qualities?, by Hubert Haider & Luka Szucsich, Pages 1-39.

Comments

■ Obligatory subjects and the SVO/SOV debate, by Artemis Alexiadou, Pages 41-48.

■ One way in which Slavic languages really are SVO languages, by Matthew S. Dryer, Pages 49-55.

■ Early German = Slavic?, by Eric Fuß, Pages 57–71.

■ Exploring T3 languages with quantitative computational syntax, by Paola Merlo & Giuseppe Samo, Pages 73-83.

■ There is no single Slavic word order type, by Radek Šimík & Katja Jasinskaja, Pages 85-97.

■ On OVS word orders in T3 grammars, by Jacek Witkoś, Pages 99-112.

Reply

■ Slavic languages are Type 3 languages: replies, by Hubert Haider & Luka Szucsich, Pages 113-142.

Dedication

■ Joanna Błaszczak (27 June 1971 – 8 July 2021), Page 143.

摘要/引言

Slavic languages – “SVO” languages without SVO qualities?

Hubert Haider, Department of Linguistics & Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Univ. Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Luka Szucsich, Department of Slavic and Hungarian Studies, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Abstract Slavic languages are commonly classified as SVO languages, with an exceptional property, though, namely an atypically extensive variability of word order. A systematic comparison of Slavic languages with uncontroversial SVO languages reveals, however, that exceptional properties are the rule. Slavic languages are ‘exceptional’ in so many syntactic respects that SVO appears to be a typological misnomer. This fact invites a fresh look. Upon closer scrutiny, it turns out that these languages are not exceptional, but regular members of a different type. They are representative of a yet unrecognised type of clause structure organisation. The dichotomy of ‘head-final’ and ‘head-initial’ does not exhaustively cover the system space of the make-up of phrases. In addition, there arguably exists a third option (T3). This is the type of phrasal architecture in which the head of the verb phrase is directionally unconstrained. It may precede, as in VO, it may follow, as in OV, and it may be sandwiched by its arguments within the phrase. From this viewpoint, the Slavic languages cease to be exceptional. They are regular representatives of the latter type, and, crucially, their collateral syntactic properties predictably match the properties of this type.

Key words adjuncts; case; free word order; null subject; scrambling; svo vs. type-3; slavic word order; superiority; typology

Obligatory subjects and the SVO/SOV debate

Artemis Alexiadou, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, Germany

Introduction I will focus on the second property and point out some issues with H&S’s typology. I will first raise the question with respect to the context/exact nature of the criterion H&S use to diagnose the obligatory presence of a preverbal subject. I will show that indeed a generalization emerges, albeit a different one from what the authors propose. 

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One way in which Slavic languages really are SVO languages

Matthew S. Dryer, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Introduction I argue here that there is a useful sense in which Slavic languages are indeed SVO. However, I have to say from the start that there may be notions of SVO language by which Slavic languages are SVO but other notions by which they are not. I will argue here that there is a notion of SVO language distinct from H&S's whereby Slavic languages are indeed SVO.

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Early German = Slavic?

Eric Fuß, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Introduction We should expect earlier stages of German to exhibit the very same syntactic properties as those highlighted in the target paper for Slavic. However, this expectation does not seem to be borne out by the empirical facts. In what follows, I will first point out some general issues raised by H & S’s proposal before I take a closer look at a set of specific problems pertaining to the syntactic analysis of early German(ic).

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Exploring T3 languages with quantitative computational syntax

Paola Merlo, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Giuseppe Samo, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China

Introduction Different properties of reorderings of constituents, both at the phrasal and the nominal level, suggest that Slavic languages should belong to a different, self-standing category, defined as a third type(T3): Slavic languages are underspecified for a directionality parameter in contrast to, for example, SVO languages([S[VO]] in the target paper). The empirical coverage and the comparative dimension are rich.

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There is no single Slavic word order type

Radek Šimík, Charles University, Praha, Czechia

Katja Jasinskaja, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Introduction In our commentary, we focus on H&S's implicit premise that Slavic languages belong to a single word order type. By looking at selected empirical phenomena from Russian and Czech, we demonstrate that the premise is false. While Russian squares fairly well with the authors'claims (though not perfectly), Czech - by H&S's own criteria - does not align with any one of the three word order types assumed by H&S.

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On OVS word orders in T3 grammars

Jacek Witkoś, Faculty of English, AMU, Poznań, Poland

Introduction I shall focus on two issues in this brief commentary paper: the OVS orders available in Slavic and unavailable in typical SVO languages and consequences of object scrambling for the phenomenon of QR in OV and T3 languages.

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Slavic languages are Type 3 languages: replies

Hubert Haider, Department of Linguistics & Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Univ. Salzburg, Salzburg, AustriaLuka Szucsich, Department of Slavic and Hungarian Studies, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Introduction We are very grateful to our commentators for their substantive reactions to our target paper and we appreciate the opportunity of responding in detail and clarifying several intricacies. The six comments will be addressed one by one in the following six sections.

期刊简介

Theoretical Linguistics is an open peer review journal. Each issue contains one long target article about a topic of general linguistic interest, together with several shorter reactions, comments and reflections on it. With this format, the journal aims to stimulate discussion in linguistics and adjacent fields of study, in particular across schools of different theoretical orientations.

《理论语言学》是一本开放的同行评议期刊。每期都包含一篇有关普通语言学兴趣的长篇靶子论文和几篇对其的短篇评论或反思论文。本刊旨在通过这种形式来激发对语言学及相关领域的研究的讨论，尤其是不同理论导向下的学校间的讨论。

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