scholarly journals Sentences with the meaning of irreal condition in K. G. Paustovsky's The Tale of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (26) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Inessa G. Rodionova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Semantic Type ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Grammar System ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The One ◽  
Lexical Content

The purpose of the article is to identify and describe structural, semantic and functional features of irreal-conditional complex sentences with the conjunction «если» (if) in the autobiographical Tale of Life by K. G. Paustovsky. In the introduction, the author notes the important role of syntactic units in expressing the author's intention in autobiographical text, and points out the constant scientific interest in studying the functioning of complex subordinate sentences with conditional meaning in texts of different styles in both synchronic and diachronic aspects. The main part of the article defines the irreal condition and notes that a formal indicator of its semantics in a complex sentence is the presence of the form with the particle «бы» (would) in the main and subordinate clauses. Attention is drawn to the complication of the irreal condition meaning with various connotations: desirability, supposition, possibility, concession, comparison, as well as a phatic aspect. Each structural-semantic type of sentences is analyzed in terms of specific semantics, structure, ways of expressing the main sentence parts, and lexical content. The author names the means of strengthening the semantics of the irreal condition, including particles, interjections, exclamatory intonation, etc. The conclusion is made that the use of sentences of this type in an autobiographical text, on the one hand, allows the author to convey the message of the work as accurately as possible, to express his perception of events and the characters' thoughts and intentions. On the other hand, the use of sentences with the conjunction «если» (if) with the meaning of irreal condition, with different semantic connotations, shows the capacity of the modern Russian grammar system, which allows the speaker or writer to convey the finest shades of meaning in portraying objective reality.

Children's Second Language Acquisition of English Complex Syntax: The Role of Age, Input, and Cognitive Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 148-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanne Paradis ◽  
Brian Rusk ◽  
Tamara Sorenson Duncan ◽  
Krithika Govindarajan
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Complex Syntax ◽  
The Individual ◽  
L2 Vocabulary ◽  
Analytic Reasoning

ABSTRACTThe goal of this study was to determine (a) the similarities and dissimilarities between child L2 and L1 acquisition of complex sentences and (b) the individual difference factors predicting L2 children's acquisition of complex sentences. We analyzed language samples from 187 English L2 children with diverse L1s (Agemean = 5;10 [years;months]; English exposuremean = 17 months). Children used various types of complex sentences at all levels of L2 exposure, including sentences with relative clauses, which are late-acquired by L1 learners. Mixed logistic regression modeling revealed that longer exposure to English in school, richer English environments outside school, larger L2 vocabulary, superior verbal memory and visual analytic reasoning contributed to greater use of complex sentences. L1 typology did not impact complex sentence use in the L2. Overall, L2 children used more complex sentences within a few months of English L2 exposure than what is reported for L1 children aged 2;0–4;0, revealing an advantage for an older age of acquisition. The predictive role of input and cognitive factors, as well as vocabulary, in children's use of complex sentences is more consistent with constructivist than generativist accounts of L2 syntactic acquisition.

scholarly journals Role of Social and Cultural Aspects in the Formation of Spanish Language

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Nina Korbozerova
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Temporal Correlation ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Qualitative Changes

The article deals with the syntactic and semantic structure of a complex sentence in Spanish during the period from the 12th to the 20th century. Are analyzed the evolutionary processes of the conjunctions, relations, the modal-temporal correlation, the positional arrangement of the dependent subordinate component relative to the main one. Are revealed the trends in the development of object, attributive and adverbial models of sentences, as well as quantitative and qualitative changes in the volume of complex sentences. Is analyzed the role of the socio-cultural factor in the evolution of a complex sentence at one or another historical stage of the development of the Spanish language.

Russian explanatory sentence as a semantic type

2021 ◽  
pp. 272-286
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Steksova ◽  
◽  
Tatyana V. Shmeleva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Features ◽  
Semantic Type ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Semantic Types ◽  
First Time

The paper interprets the Russian explanatory sentence as a semantic type. It is noted that descriptions of the semantic types of monopropositional sentences have already been carried out in the linguistic literature. For the first time, it is proposed to consider polypropositional semantic structures as a semantic type. The semantic nature of an explanatory sentence is defined as an expression of reflection on the events and phenomena of reality, with the position of the object-event accompanied by an indication of the reflection nature expressed by the governing predicate. General characteristics of this semantic type are given, as well as a number of semantic features serving as the basis for revealing the patterns of compatibility of various types of modus and dictum and the ways of their connection. It is proved that the previously existing qualification of relevance/factuality is based on overestimating the role of the brace and underestimating the predicative expression of deliberative. Several techniques are proposed to distinguish between thematic and factual utterances. Among sentence elements, the concept of the subject is the most significant for the typology of explanatory sentences, proposed to be divided into mono-subject and poly-subject ones. We note the poly-paradigmatic nature of the explanatory sentence and the presence of a number of its transformations used in the texts. The range of explanatory sentences with such an interpretation expands significantly without taking into account the boundaries of simple and complex sentences and some other constructive differences.

scholarly journals ABOUT THE LITERARY SOURCES OF THE EPILOGUE OF THE «WAR AND PEACE» BY L.N. TOLSTOY

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Светлана Юрьевна Николаева
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
Spiritual Warfare ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Significant Function ◽  
Literary Source ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Ivan The Terrible ◽  
The One

В статье рассматривается вопрос о месте и значении эпилога в составе идейно-художественного целого романа Л.Н. Толстого «Война и мир». Указывается на роль литературных источников, оказавших влияние на формирование толстовской концепции и обусловивших тесную связь эпилога с основной частью эпопеи. Особое внимание уделяется анализу параллелей, которые выявляются между образной системой и принципами характерологии Толстого с одной стороны и стилистическими и аксиологическими особенностями «Переписки» Ивана Грозного с Андреем Курбским. Данный памятник ранее не рассматривался как литературный источник творчества Толстого. В статье обосновывается мысль о том, что «Переписка», известная Толстому и упомянутая в эпилоге романа-эпопеи, своим нравственно-психологическим и философско-историческим содержанием была созвучна толстовским размышлениям. Писатель сознательно использовал эту параллель. В контексте «Войны и мира» указание на письма Ивана Грозного приобрело знаковую функцию, тесно связав «историческую» и «художественную» части книги. Воплощенная в «Переписке» Курбского и Грозного «духовная брань» органически вошла в подтекст «Войны и мира», что сближает Л.Н. Толстого с представителями литературы «духовного реализма». The article considers the question of the place and meaning of the epilogue as part of the ideological and artistic whole of L.N. Tolstoy’s novel «War and Peace». The role of literary sources that influenced the formation of Tolstoy’s concept and caused the close connection of the epilogue with the main part of the epic is indicated. Special attention is paid to the analysis of parallels that are revealed between Tolstoy’s figurative system and characterology principles, on the one hand, and the stylistic and axiological features of Ivan the Terrible’s «Correspondence» with Andrei Kurbsky. This monument has not been previously considered as a literary source of Tolstoy’s work. The article substantiates the idea that the «Correspondence», known to Tolstoy and mentioned in the epilogue of the epic novel, was consonant with Tolstoy’s reflections in its moral-psychological and philosophical-historical content. The writer deliberately used this parallel. In the context of the «War and Peace», the reference to the letters of Ivan the Terrible acquired a significant function, closely linking the «historical» and «artistic» parts of the book. The «spiritual warfare» embodied in the «Correspondence» of Kurbsky and Ivan the Terrible organically entered the subtext of the «War and Peace», which brings L.N. Tolstoy closer to the representatives of the literature of «spiritual realism».

scholarly journals SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC SYNCRETISM OF THE WORD ВЕДЬ AT THE LEVEL OF HYPOTAXIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Natalja P. Galkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Transformation Method ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
Discourse Marker ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
Observation Results

The paper is devoted to the role of the word ведь in the organization of a subordinate syntactic connection between sentences. The work is carried out within the study of the expression of relations of conditioning through complex sentences in works of the book style – scientific and publicistic. The word ведь has a variety of shades of meaning, it features polyfunctionality and syntactic variability. Most grammatical descriptions qualify it as both a particle and a conjunction. Given the polysemy and variety of uses of this word, modern researchers who study discourse classify it as a discoursive word/discourse marker. It is noted that polysemy and syntactic variability of the modern word ведь result from its historical origin and development. The method of interpretation based on the etymologically inherent meaning of this word and transformation method are proposed as a way to concretize relations marked by this linking device. According to observations on the material of journalism ведь often acts as a linking word for causal constructions both within a complex sentence and between separate, semantically related sentences. In certain cases, there is a combination of causal and conventional meanings. In addition, the combination of ведь with adversative conjunctions a, но adds the seme of concession. The observation results are illustrated with examples from journalism materials with their subsequent analysis. It is shown that replacing ведь with categorical causal, conditional, concessive conjunctions confirms the corresponding relationships, however, it cannot provide a full disclosure of the meaning of the statement, since with such a transformation the seme of presence, complicity, and the author's assessment observed in the original statements is lost. One should say about the stylistic marking of the structures under study, which contribute to the implementation of the evaluative and influencing function of the journalistic style. In other cases, the word ведь acts as a particle, contributing to the actualization of the utterance as something known, obviously expedient. Although there is a causal relationship in such constructions, the connecting function is not paramount there. Thus, the polyfunctionality of a polysemantic word ведь ensures the variability of its use by the authors and a multidimensional approach to its linguistic description.

Head-initial/head-final parameter in adult Chinese L2 acquisition of English

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Flynn ◽  
I. Espinal
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Parameter Setting ◽  
Head Direction ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Japanese Speakers

In this study, we investigate the role of the head-initial/head-final parameter in adult second language (L2) acquisition of English. Sixty Chinese speaking adults were tested in their elicited production of complex sentences which involved pre-and postposed adverbial subordinate clauses both with and without pronoun anaphors. Results obtained in this study match those reported earlier for Japanese speakers learning English (Flynn, 1981; 1983a; 1983b; 1984; in press). Both Japanese and Chinese are head-final languages (Kuno, 1973; Huang, 1982). Findings are used to argue for the role of the head-initial/head-final parameter in adult L2 acquisition of pronoun anaphora. They are also used to argue for a model of grammar in which parameters associated with head-direction are differentiated from parameters associated with word order (Travis, 1983; 1984). Results also provide additional empirical support for the parameter setting model of L2 acquisition currently proposed by Flynn (1983a; 1983b, in press; forthcoming).

scholarly journals Textual characteristics of multicomponent structures built according to sequential subordination and parallel models

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (26) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Nataliya P. Galkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Context ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
System A ◽  
Multicomponent Complex ◽  
Parallel Models ◽  
The One ◽  
Text Formation

The object of the analysis is complex sentences including two or more subordinate clauses with the meaning of condition, cause, purpose, concession, which in general constitute the category of conditionality. Multicomponent sentences expressing the close interconnection of these relations represent a microtext, making it possible to study various textual characteristics. The analysis is based on the multicomponent complex sentences built according to models of sequential subordination and parallel models, and is devoted to their textual characteristics. The latter include both universal text categories inherent in any text, and optional, inherent only in certain types of text. It is shown how the main text categories such as cohesion, processuality, integrity, continuum are realized within the microtext-sentence. The interrelation of the structure of multicomponent complex sentences, their content and the communicative task of the statement is emphasized. On the example of contaminated structures with various types of connection (compositional, subordinate, asyndetic), it is shown that the combination of multiple methods and techniques constitutes tectonic means of text formation. It is confirmed that in the structural-semantic context, the main nominative and communicative units of the language system, a word and a sentence, acquire meaning increments and turn into “text words” and “text sentences”. It is concluded that multicomponent complex sentences with subordinate clauses are microtext with more or less integral meaning. The combination of various types of syntactic link, various types of inclusions, repetition, parallelism, providing a clear structural form of complex constructions, on the one hand, are means of dispersing meanings, and on the other hand, they unite separate structural and semantic components of the statement into a single whole, creating the basis of text-forming relations.

scholarly journals Complementiser and Relativiser in the English Subordinate Clauses

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Ketut Mas Indrawati
Keyword(s):  
Subordinate Clause ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Simple Sentence ◽  
Constituent Structure ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Tree Diagram ◽  
1 John ◽  
Simple Sentences ◽  
Compound Sentence

Words combine to form larger units; phrases, clauses, and sentences. The study of the structure of phrases, clauses, and sentences is referred to as syntax. Quirk, et, all (1985:47) distinguishes sentences into two types they are; simple sentences and multiple sentences which cover compound sentences and complex sentences. A simple sentence consists of one independent clause, a multiple clause contains more than one clauses, a compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses, while a complex sentence consists of insubordinate and subordinate clauses.Subordinate clause, in embedding the element of the insubordinate clause use either complementiser or relativiser. For example: (1) john said that he did not come to the party. That in (1) is considered to be complimentiser since it introduces the subordinate clause. (2) John met the teacher that teaches you English. That in (2) is classified as relativiser because it is used to introduce the modifying clause.This paper attempts to discuss complementiser and relativiser in the English subordinate clauses and describe the constituent structure in a tree diagram using the approach proposed by Kroeger (2005). The data were taken from a novel entitled Saved by The Bride by Fiona Lowe (2013).Keywords: complex sentences, subordinate clauses, complementiser or relativiser

scholarly journals Text categories and text-forming potential of multicomponent collaterally subordinating constructions with the meaning of conditionality

Neophilology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 578-586
Author(s):  
Natalia P. Galkina
Keyword(s):  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Subordinate Clauses ◽  
Multicomponent Complex ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
Text Formation ◽  
Text Study

In a series of complex study of multicomponent or polypredicative complex sentences, it is relevant to consider them as a microtext. In the text study discussion issues still exist: the number and composition of categories, the means of their expression, the difference between the concepts of “textual characteristic” and “text-forming function”. Based on the material of multicomponent complex sentences, we consider universal text categories inherent in any text, and optional, inherent only to certain types of text. The principal categories of the text, such as cohesion, coherence, integrity, consistency, continuum are realized even within the limits of a microtext-sentence. The analysis of multicomponent structures is carried out in a triune way: taking into ac-count the relation of their form, meaning and function. We show that the sequence of homogene-ous subordinate clauses is determined by their content and the communicative task of the state-ment. In this regard, as the utterance unfolds from one subordinate clause to another, either the concretization of the meaning of conditionality or its intensification is revealed. On the other hand, the connection to the subordinate clauses of constructive conjunctions and lexical actualizers contributes to the expression of the category of informativeness, which implies the reflection in the text of the degree of novelty or significance of information. On the example of contaminated structures with various types of communication (compositional, subordinate, non-union), various methods and techniques are described as tectonic means of text formation. Thus, we conclude that a multicomponent complex sentence, which is a transitional structure from a complex sentence to a text, makes it possible to study the interaction of lexical and syntactic means in the formation of the meaning and implementation of the author’s communicative intention.

scholarly journals SYSTEMIC PROCESSING OF COMPLEX SENTENCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL (EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY)

2021 ◽  
pp. 238-244
Author(s):  
S. SHCHUPKO
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
General Information ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Complex Sentence ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Simple Change ◽  
Working Out ◽  
Selection Of

The article is devoted to the experimental method of studying various types of complex sentences. An integrative role of the syntax of complex sentences is noted.  The article clarifies that the tasks faced by the teacher and the students during the systematic elaboration of complex sentences are complex and therefore there are considerable difficulties in their study. For example, when working out general information on complex sentences, we use various types of work on the development of coherent speech: the selection of conjunctions or connecting words, the replacement of certain means of communication by other, synonymous, the formation of a complex sentence of two simple, the division of complex sentences into simple, change the location of parts, etc. However, all these types of exercises are conducted, in the majority of cases, orally, entirely subject to systematic study of theoretical material, since the main task of the first lessons is the formation of concepts that students will operate by analyzing individual types of complex sentences with one or more subcontractors.

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