ИСТИНА

This paper investigates an argument-adjunct asymmetry in Russian in wh-questions. Such an asymmetry is described for many languages. In current relevant literature there are different approaches to wh-movement in Russian, but some questions are still unanswered, for example: is there a general argument-adjunct asymmetry in different types of questions? In present study, I undertake three grammaticality judgment experiments in an attempt to clarify the empirical picture regarding argument-adjunct asymmetry. According to the results, the island constraints hold in Russian for chto-clauses and indirect questions. Chtoby-clauses do not demonstrate island effects. However, it was also observed that there exists argument asymmetry which is valid for all types of indirect questions.