FUNCTIONAL SIGNS OF DEFINING CONSTRUCTIONS AT THE LEVEL OF A SIMPLE COMPLICATED SENTENCE
Abstract
Purpose. To analyze the structural and functional manifestations of concretizing constructions in linguistic Ukrainian studies.
Methods. Research methods, determined by the purpose and factual material, include: linguistic description method, which provides for the study of the phenomenon directly in the text, empirical analysis and synthesis method, which classifies concretizing constructions, distribution analysis method, which makes it possible through studying the environment of structures functioning to study their features.
Results. The article discusses the actual problems associated with formation of the category of concretization, analyzes various aspects of the study of concretizing syntactic constructions, describes their structure, meaning, functions, describes differential features, typological manifestations. It has been established that concretizing syntactic units are in systemic relations with other varieties of explanatory constructions (self-explanatory, clarifying). The difference between concretizing and specifying syntactic units is clarified. Concretizing constructions should be distinguished from the specifying ones, since the former implement concretizing semantics with the help of concretizing the indefinite concept of a certain set, while the latter clarify, narrow down a concrete concept, sign, or action. Concretizing constructions are classified according to the morphological manifestations of the core component (substantive, adjective, adverbial, verbumfinite). It is proved that these constructions can be applied as any member of a sentence (usually they act as an application).
Conclusions. Concretizing constructions should be distinguished from specifying ones, since they have the relation of “whole and part” in the same way as specifying constructions, however, if the latter do not require special unions for such an expression, then concretizing ones require the use of unions “namely” / “in particular”. Concretizing syntactic units in comparison with other varieties of explanatory constructions (self-explanatory and clarifying) are inferior in the variety of relations of the explained and explanatory components, meaning, functions. However, they are quite significant, specific in the system of explanatory components, and frequency in writing. The main functions of the analyzed units include explanatory, communicative, accentuation, modal-evaluative one. The constructions under consideration can fulfil the additional function of qualitative and quantitative assessment
