Вестник Московского государственного областного университета: Серия: Русская филология (Mar 2021)

COMPOUND VERBAL PREDICATE IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARTISTIC TEXT (ON THE MATERIAL OF A. BELY’S NOVEL "PETERSBURG")

  • Сатина Татьяна Васильевна

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7278-2021-1-51-63
Journal volume & issue
no. 1
pp. 51 – 63

Abstract

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Aim. The article is devoted to the relevant and poorly studied in the modern linguistics problem of convergence of the linguistic and speech aspects of syntax. Its purpose is to analyze the compound verbal predicate in A. Bely's novel "Petersburg" in the text. Methodology. The methodology is an attempt to combine language and speech aspects. The source of speech facts is the artistic text, namely, compound verbal predicates selected from the text by continuous sampling. The material selected by the observation method is subjected to both qualitative and quantitative processing. Techniques of the descriptive method combined with elements of the comparative method lead to creating the article text as a result of the research. To achieve the goal and objectives of the work, a wide range of sources is involved, and the experimental novel "Petersburg" by A. Bely is chosen as the material for analysis. Special attention is paid not only to the structural and semantic characteristics of this type of predicate but also to the peculiarities of its functioning in the symbolist work that constructs the myth of St. Petersburg. Results. It is established that in the analyzed text, this construction shows all the properties of a compound verbal predicate; it is revealed that it does not belong to the number of frequency in work but appears as stylistically significant. The formal characteristic, role, and structural functions of this type of predicate are revealed in the main features. Research implications. The theoretical framework of the traditional predicate teaching is compared with the material obtained from the text, which allows us to clarify the ideas about the predicate in general and one of its types in particular, as well as to accumulate information about the syntax of the literary text (based on the material of the novel that reflected the realities of the Russian revolution). The scientific significance lies in the possibility to consolidate the materials obtained in the national corpus of the Russian language and use them in scientific works about the style of A. Bely. The results of the work can be used in the course of the Russian language syntax, as well as subjects related to the language and style of the writer.

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