Russian Reciprocal Fragment

[Nor23] [KK06]

Russian uses the bipartite NP "drug druga" (друг друга, 'other other-ACC'), grouped with English each other as the bipartite quantifier strategy in [Nor23] §3.1 (ex. 9). It occupies the object position and preserves transitivity, and is formally distinct from the reflexive "sebja" (себя). The first element "drug" stays uninflected (nominative) while "druga" takes the case assigned by the verb.

The verbal postfix "-sja" (-ся) additionally carries reflexive-identical reciprocal uses (monovalent; [Nor23] ex. 31).

def Russian.Reciprocals.drugDruga : Reciprocal.Marker

друг друга drug druga — bipartite reciprocal 'other other-ACC' ([Nor23] ex. 9).

Equations

• Russian.Reciprocals.drugDruga = { form := "drug druga", script := some "друг друга", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.bipartiteNP }

def Russian.Reciprocals.sja : Reciprocal.Marker

-ся -sja — verbal postfix, reflexive-identical reciprocal uses ([Nor23] ex. 31).

Equations

• Russian.Reciprocals.sja = { form := "-sja", script := some "-ся", strategy := Reciprocal.Strategy.verbalAffix, readings := [Reciprocal.Reading.reciprocal, Reciprocal.Reading.reflexive] }

def Russian.Reciprocals.sebja : PersonalPronoun

себя sebja — reflexive pronoun (for contrast).

Equations

• Russian.Reciprocals.sebja = { form := "sebja", person := some Person.third, script := some "себя" }

theorem Russian.Reciprocals.recip_distinct_from_reflexive : drugDruga.form ≠ sebja.form

Russian reciprocal is formally distinct from reflexive.

def Russian.Reciprocals.markers : List Reciprocal.Marker

Marker inventory, primary strategy first.

Equations

• Russian.Reciprocals.markers = [Russian.Reciprocals.drugDruga, Russian.Reciprocals.sja]