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Linglib.Fragments.Slavic.Russian.PolarityItems

Russian Polarity-Sensitive Items #

@cite{haspelmath-1997}

Russian indefinite pronoun polarity items, typed by the categories from Typology.PolarityItem.

кто-либо (kto-libo) — Weak NPI. Polarity-sensitive indefinite licensed in questions, conditionals, and indirect negation scope.

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    никто (nikto) — N-word, negative concord. Requires clause-level negation: 'nikto ne prišël' (nobody NEG came).

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      ничего (nichego) — Non-human N-word; obligatory negative concord. 'Ničego ne videl' (NEG saw nothing) = "(I) saw nothing".

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        никогда (nikogda) — Temporal N-word; obligatory negative concord. 'Nikogda ne prixodil' (never NEG came) = "(He) never came".

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          кто угодно (kto ugodno) — Free choice item. Universal-like: 'anyone at all'.

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            The Russian polarity-item inventory: the Fragment-side joint listing every polarity item this fragment defines.

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