A quantitative approach to doublets in Russian denominal adjective construction

IF 0.7 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
N. Bobkova, Fabio Montermini
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Abstract

This article is devoted to the rivalry between suffixes in the derivation of denominal adjectives in Russian. In particular, it proposes a large-scale quantitative analysis based on the Russian National Corpus. Its main goal is to contribute to identifying the properties that determine the choice of the suffix in these derivatives. Denominal adjectival derivation in Russian makes use of a wide variety of exponents. Most of them are phonological variants (extensions) of three main suffixes, - n-, - sk- and - Ov-. These three, which can be considered as basic, constitute the focus of our analysis. Two datasets were built for this research, a general one containing one of the suffixes above, and a more specific one containing doublets, which is to say, adjectives constructed on the same base with different suffixes. Data from the two sets are analyzed by means of various statistical models. Our results globally provide a quantitatively robust confirmation of observations previously made in the literature. In particular, we show that -n- occupies a specific position in the derivational system of Russian, as it is less productive and its derivatives are tendentially less transparent and more prone to display lexicalized meanings that point towards the qualitative pole of the qualitative-relational semantic spectrum. Moreover, - sk- and - Ov- are more likely to form doublets (be attached to the same bases), a further argument in favor of a greater homogeneity between them as opposed to - n-.
俄语名词形容词结构中对偶词的定量分析
本文研究了俄语名形容词派生中后缀之间的竞争。特别地,它提出了基于俄罗斯国家语料库的大规模定量分析。其主要目标是帮助识别决定这些衍生词中后缀选择的属性。俄语中名称形容词的派生使用了各种各样的指数。它们大多是三个主要后缀- n-、- sk-和- Ov-的音系变体(扩展)。这三个可以被认为是基本的,构成了我们分析的重点。为这项研究建立了两个数据集,一个包含上述后缀之一的通用数据集,一个包含双重后缀的更具体的数据集,也就是说,在同一碱基上构建不同后缀的形容词。通过各种统计模型对两组数据进行分析。我们的研究结果在全球范围内为文献中先前的观察结果提供了定量的有力证实。特别是,我们表明-n-在俄语的衍生系统中占有特定的位置,因为它的产出较低,其衍生词往往不太透明,更倾向于显示指向定性关系语义谱的定性极的词汇化意义。此外,- sk-和- Ov-更有可能形成双键(附着在相同的碱基上),这是与- n-相反,它们之间具有更大同质性的进一步论据。
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Word Structure
Word Structure LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-
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