Features of the word order in the solemn odes of M.V.Lomonosov in the formal description of the sentence structure
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article is devoted to elucidating the mechanism of word arrangement in the solemn odes of M. V. Lomonosov. Four odes of the period 1746–1748 are investigated. For the purposes of dynamic comparison, the first (1739) and last odes (1763) are involved. The description is carried out at the level of the phrase. The following problems are considered: the establishment of a criterion by which it is possible to describe the norms of word order in diachrony; the study of Lomonosov’s language practice for normative purposes and the assessment of his role in the normalization of word order. The principle of projectivity is used as a criterion for identifying normative variants of word order. It is applied for the first time to the analysis of word arrangement as a phenomenon of historical grammar of the Russian language. The task was to determine the frequency of deviations from the principle of projectivity in Lomonosov’s solemn odes and thereby reveal the predominant nature of the phrase organization. As a result of the study, quantitative characteristics of subordination trees were established. A significant predominance of projective sentences is noted, the stability of the frequency of projective trees in all odes, starting from the first and ending with the last, is shown. The few non-selective syntactic breaks in the odes are explained by the influence of poetic speech. The features of non-selective sentences in connection with their morphological design and location within the boundaries of the stanza are considered.
Authors: Vladimir A. Burtsev, Galina N. Abreimova
Institution: Yelets State University named after Ivan Bunin
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7203663493