Effect of word order on yes/no questions in English as compared to Russian

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1. Effect of word order on yes/no questions in English as compared to Russian
2. Why English and Russian?HistorySyntaxContrastWhy yes/no questions?TypesViewsIntonationsBackground
3. In yes/no questions, English is neutral (unmarked
4. AuxiliariesDo, be, havePassive ‘by-’Modals‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’
5. Special caseMain verb “be”VSO in EnglishZero form
6. SimilaritiesTypesTagsIn EnglishIn RussianDifferencesEcho questionsEcho and tag yes/no questions
7. Inertness of English verbs[cp ? [tp she
8. The emotive experimentKyril T. Holden and John T. Hogan (1993)Intonations in yes/no questions
9. PF versus LF in EnglishRising versus falling
10. Svetozarova writes:It is important to emphasise that,
11. Support of hypothesisFuture implicationsResearch beyond yes/no
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Слайд 1Effect of word order on yes/no questions in English as

compared to Russian
Ilya Startsev

Слайд 2Why English and Russian?
History
Syntax
Contrast
Why yes/no questions?
Types
Views
Intonations
Background

Слайд 3In yes/no questions, English is neutral (unmarked a la Jakobson)

because it tends to retain its basic word order, whereas

Russian is emphatic (marked) because it tends toward different word orders

Hypothesis

In yes/no questions, English is neutral (unmarked a la Jakobson) because it tends to retain its basic

Слайд 4Auxiliaries
Do, be, have
Passive ‘by-’
Modals
‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’ or ‘may’/‘might’), ‘budu’

(‘will’/‘would’ or ‘shall’), and ‘dolžen’ (‘should’)
Behavior
Inversion with subject
Particle “li”
Fronting
Presuppositions
Inverse yes/no

questions

AuxiliariesDo, be, havePassive ‘by-’Modals‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’ or ‘may’/‘might’), ‘budu’ (‘will’/‘would’ or ‘shall’), and ‘dolžen’ (‘should’)BehaviorInversion with

Слайд 5Special case
Main verb “be”
VSO in English
Zero form of “be” (est’[PRS])
Noncanonical
“There”
Is

there a paper on the

table?
Tam est’ bumaga na stole?
“It”
Is it the paper that we are talking about today?
Eto bumaga, o kotoroj my govorim segodnja?

Inverse yes/no questions (cont.)

Special caseMain verb “be”VSO in EnglishZero form of “be” (est’[PRS])Noncanonical“There”Is there a paper

Слайд 6Similarities
Types
Tags
In English
In Russian
Differences
Echo questions
Echo and tag yes/no questions

Слайд 7Inertness of English verbs
[cp ? [tp she [t [vp swims

fast]]]] => [cp doesi [tp she [t ti [vp swim

fast]]]]
Russian violation of c-command?
[cp ? [tp ona [t [vp plavajet bystro]]]] => [cp plavajeti li [tp ona [t [vp ti bystro]]]]
PF versus LF
Mat’ ljubit doč’.

Minimalist view

Inertness of English verbs[cp ? [tp she [t [vp swims fast]]]] => [cp doesi [tp she [t

Слайд 8The emotive experiment
Kyril T. Holden and John T. Hogan (1993)
Intonations

in yes/no questions

Слайд 9PF versus LF in English
Rising versus falling pitch
High-rise versus low-rise
Long

low-rise versus narrow low-rise (Levis 1999)
Intonational effect in Russian
Functional Sentence

Perspective
Theme-(transition)-rheme
Topic Focus Articulation
Topic and comment (discourse-neutral information and focus)

Intonations (cont.)

PF versus LF in EnglishRising versus falling pitchHigh-rise versus low-riseLong low-rise versus narrow low-rise (Levis 1999)Intonational effect

Слайд 10Svetozarova writes:
It is important to emphasise that, whatever means are

employed in marking special sentence stress, whether purely phonetic or

positional, the effect is in principle the same, namely a kind of “augmented meaning”, the actualisation of certain presuppositions… Thus, sentence intonation in Russian, in the form of one of its most important subsystems – sentence stress – not only organises words into a single meaningful unit, but, by accomplishing this in a variety of ways, succeeds in transmitting extremely important information of a pragmatic nature as well (sic) (1998:269f.).

Intonations (cont.)

Svetozarova writes:It is important to emphasise that, whatever means are employed in marking special sentence stress, whether

Слайд 11Support of hypothesis
Future implications
Research beyond
yes/no questions
The Future of

English?
(1997)
Applications of English
and Russian?
Conclusions and discussion

Support of hypothesisFuture implicationsResearch beyond yes/no questionsThe Future of English? (1997)Applications of English and

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Слайд 1Effect of word order on yes/no questions in English as

compared to Russian
Ilya Startsev

Слайд 2Why English and Russian?
History
Syntax
Contrast
Why yes/no questions?
Types
Views
Intonations
Background

Слайд 3In yes/no questions, English is neutral (unmarked a la Jakobson)

because it tends to retain its basic word order, whereas

Слайд 4Auxiliaries
Do, be, have
Passive ‘by-’
Modals
‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’ or ‘may’/‘might’), ‘budu’

(‘will’/‘would’ or ‘shall’), and ‘dolžen’ (‘should’)
Behavior
Inversion with subject
Particle “li”
Fronting
Presuppositions
Inverse yes/no

Слайд 5Special case
Main verb “be”
VSO in English
Zero form of “be” (est’[PRS])
Noncanonical
“There”
Is

there a paper on the

Слайд 6Similarities
Types
Tags
In English
In Russian
Differences
Echo questions
Echo and tag yes/no questions

Слайд 7Inertness of English verbs
[cp ? [tp she [t [vp swims

fast]]]] => [cp doesi [tp she [t ti [vp swim

Слайд 8The emotive experiment
Kyril T. Holden and John T. Hogan (1993)
Intonations

in yes/no questions

Слайд 9PF versus LF in English
Rising versus falling pitch
High-rise versus low-rise
Long

low-rise versus narrow low-rise (Levis 1999)
Intonational effect in Russian
Functional Sentence

Слайд 10Svetozarova writes:
It is important to emphasise that, whatever means are

employed in marking special sentence stress, whether purely phonetic or

Слайд 11Support of hypothesis
Future implications
Research beyond
yes/no questions
The Future of

English?
(1997)
Applications of English
and Russian?
Conclusions and discussion

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Слайд 1Effect of word order on yes/no questions in English as

compared to RussianIlya Startsev

Слайд 2Why English and Russian?HistorySyntaxContrastWhy yes/no questions?TypesViewsIntonationsBackground

Слайд 3In yes/no questions, English is neutral (unmarked a la Jakobson)

because it tends to retain its basic word order, whereas

Слайд 4AuxiliariesDo, be, havePassive ‘by-’Modals‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’ or ‘may’/‘might’), ‘budu’

(‘will’/‘would’ or ‘shall’), and ‘dolžen’ (‘should’)BehaviorInversion with subjectParticle “li”FrontingPresuppositionsInverse yes/no

Слайд 5Special caseMain verb “be”VSO in EnglishZero form of “be” (est’[PRS])Noncanonical“There”Is

there a paper on the

Слайд 6SimilaritiesTypesTagsIn EnglishIn RussianDifferencesEcho questionsEcho and tag yes/no questions

Слайд 7Inertness of English verbs[cp ? [tp she [t [vp swims

fast]]]] => [cp doesi [tp she [t ti [vp swim

Слайд 8The emotive experimentKyril T. Holden and John T. Hogan (1993)Intonations

in yes/no questions

Слайд 9PF versus LF in EnglishRising versus falling pitchHigh-rise versus low-riseLong

low-rise versus narrow low-rise (Levis 1999)Intonational effect in RussianFunctional Sentence

Слайд 10Svetozarova writes:It is important to emphasise that, whatever means are

employed in marking special sentence stress, whether purely phonetic or

Слайд 11Support of hypothesisFuture implicationsResearch beyond yes/no questionsThe Future of

English? (1997)Applications of English and Russian?Conclusions and discussion

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Слайд 2Why English and Russian?
History
Syntax
Contrast
Why yes/no questions?
Types
Views
Intonations
Background

Слайд 4Auxiliaries
Do, be, have
Passive ‘by-’
Modals
‘objazan’ (‘must’), ‘mogu’/‘mog’ (‘can’/’could’ or ‘may’/‘might’), ‘budu’

(‘will’/‘would’ or ‘shall’), and ‘dolžen’ (‘should’)
Behavior
Inversion with subject
Particle “li”
Fronting
Presuppositions
Inverse yes/no

Слайд 5Special case
Main verb “be”
VSO in English
Zero form of “be” (est’[PRS])
Noncanonical
“There”
Is

Слайд 6Similarities
Types
Tags
In English
In Russian
Differences
Echo questions
Echo and tag yes/no questions

Слайд 7Inertness of English verbs
[cp ? [tp she [t [vp swims

Слайд 8The emotive experiment
Kyril T. Holden and John T. Hogan (1993)
Intonations

Слайд 9PF versus LF in English
Rising versus falling pitch
High-rise versus low-rise
Long

low-rise versus narrow low-rise (Levis 1999)
Intonational effect in Russian
Functional Sentence

Слайд 10Svetozarova writes:
It is important to emphasise that, whatever means are

Слайд 11Support of hypothesis
Future implications
Research beyond
yes/no questions
The Future of

English?
(1997)
Applications of English
and Russian?
Conclusions and discussion