Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach

The research urgency is explicable due to the fact that parenthetical phrases are complicated in their essence, which is stipulated by their semantic and syntactic peculiarities. However, traditional approaches to the description and classification of parenthetical expressions are marked by...

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Main Author: Tatiana Skrebtsova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2022-10-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
Online Access:https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/component/attachments/download/2632
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description The research urgency is explicable due to the fact that parenthetical phrases are complicated in their essence, which is stipulated by their semantic and syntactic peculiarities. However, traditional approaches to the description and classification of parenthetical expressions are marked by heterogeneity, subjectivity and blurred boundaries between the posited groups. The paper suggests a novel perspective on the phenomenon from a construction grammar viewpoint. Theoretical prerequisites of construction grammar are claimed to ensure a well-integrated, systemic framework to account for parenthetical expressions. The key advantage is seen in the specific interpretation of the notion of construction, according to which constructions allow for a certain degree of lexical variation. Parenthetical word combinations with the verbs govorit' and skazat' are analyzed within structural and semantic aspects. The author has identified parenthetical verb phrases of various abstraction degree, listed them in hierarchical structures, and revealed their semantic interrelations. The parenthetical combinations with the verbs govorit' and skazat' are noted to be brought together in a constructional network, which on the one hand reveals intrinsic systematic arrangement of the corresponding language unit, and on the other hand demonstrates its openend character, external links and capability of replenishment with new items. The overall picture thus corroborates the vision of language as an integrated network of constructions of various degree of complexity.
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spelling doaj.art-850cc5a09f074e339d20bafda79fddd02023-06-25T20:04:42ZengVolgograd State UniversityVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie1998-99112022-10-01510811710.15688/jvolsu2.2022.5.10Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional ApproachTatiana Skrebtsovahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7825-1120 The research urgency is explicable due to the fact that parenthetical phrases are complicated in their essence, which is stipulated by their semantic and syntactic peculiarities. However, traditional approaches to the description and classification of parenthetical expressions are marked by heterogeneity, subjectivity and blurred boundaries between the posited groups. The paper suggests a novel perspective on the phenomenon from a construction grammar viewpoint. Theoretical prerequisites of construction grammar are claimed to ensure a well-integrated, systemic framework to account for parenthetical expressions. The key advantage is seen in the specific interpretation of the notion of construction, according to which constructions allow for a certain degree of lexical variation. Parenthetical word combinations with the verbs govorit' and skazat' are analyzed within structural and semantic aspects. The author has identified parenthetical verb phrases of various abstraction degree, listed them in hierarchical structures, and revealed their semantic interrelations. The parenthetical combinations with the verbs govorit' and skazat' are noted to be brought together in a constructional network, which on the one hand reveals intrinsic systematic arrangement of the corresponding language unit, and on the other hand demonstrates its openend character, external links and capability of replenishment with new items. The overall picture thus corroborates the vision of language as an integrated network of constructions of various degree of complexity.https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/component/attachments/download/2632
spellingShingle Tatiana Skrebtsova
Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
title Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
title_full Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
title_fullStr Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
title_full_unstemmed Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
title_short Parenthetical Verb Phrases with the Russian Verbs govorit’ and skazat’: A Constructional Approach
title_sort parenthetical verb phrases with the russian verbs govorit and skazat a constructional approach
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