Parameters of Variation in the Syntax of Homophones

This paper argues that homophonous linguistic objects differ in their syntactic structures. A case study of Russian homophonous suffixes shows that homophonous objects belong to two distinct syntactic types: heads vs. modifiers. The question remains if it is also true cross-linguistically.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olga Steriopolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014-11-01
Series:Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/2884