Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin, 2016, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 150–163
© Dymarskiy M. Y., 2016
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Vocatives and the barriers theory

Dymarskiy M. Y. 1 (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
1 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Abstract: 

The paper proves inadequacy of incorporating elements of the so called communicative escort, i.e. vocatives, parenthesis and interjections, into the scope of Barriers within the Barriers Theory introduced by A. Zaliznyak. It is shown that in this theory the notion of clause is used in its broadest sense. The clause is defined as a grammatical structure (“a group, including non-predicative groups, headed by verb”), but at the same time it is treated as a result of linearization of this structure. The borders of this linearized structure are identified not only grammatically (according to the definition) but also taking semantics into account. This forces the investigator to regard elements of the communicative escort as components of the linearized structure. But it means, in turn, that this linearized structure is no more a clause but an utterance which contradicts the clause definition. At the same time, the linear structure of an utterance may not be interpreted simply as equal to the clause linearized structure, since it arises as a result of imposing two structures: the linearized basic grammatical (clause) structure + the communicative structure, the latter including linear-accent transformations as well as positions for the elements of the communicative escort. These positions may occur at any place of the linear utterance structure but they do not impact the positioning of the components of the grammatical structure. Therefore, interpreting elements of the communicative escort as one of the objects of the Barriers Theory is pleonastic. It is shown by means of reanalysis of some examples from the Old Russian language which have already been analysed by A. Zaliznyak and A. Zimmerling.

Keywords: 

clause, utterance, word order, Barrier Theory, vocative phrase, Old Russian

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Vocatives and the barriers theory

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Dymarskiy M. Y. Vocatives and the barriers theory. Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin, 2016, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 150–163. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/2226-3365.1606.12
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Date of the publication 26.12.2016