About the Word-Order in an Old Russian Utterance  (On the Material of The Tale of Bygone Yearsˮ)

Occupation: Associate Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation

Journal name

Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka

Edition

Volume 78 Issue 5

Pages

37-43

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the word-order in the utterances of the characters of “The Tale of Bygone Years&8j1; (non-translatable dialogic fragments are analyzed). It is established that the word-order in them is variable: in particular, it is found that the members of a sentence, forming its basic order, can take any position in relation to each other (subject – verb – object, subject – object – verb etc.). It is also established that the main reason for a certain order of words in the studied utterances is their actual division: the majority of members of a sentence may be in preposition or postposition in relation to the other members, forming a one-word theme or rheme. Moreover, the described feature of the word-order applies both to the members of a sentence forming its basic order (subjects, predicates, direct objects) and to the secondary sentence members (indirect objects with meanings of agent, patient, comitative, recipient, beneficiary, instrument and adverbial modifiers with meanings of location, time, cause), as well as adjectives included in compound nominal predicates.

Keywords

“The Tale of Bygone Yearsˮ, word-order, actual division of the sentence

Received

03.12.2019

Publication date

05.12.2019

Number of characters

19685

Cite

GOST	Savelyev V. About the Word-Order in an Old Russian Utterance (On the Material of “The Tale of Bygone Yearsˮ) // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2019. – V. 78. – Issue 5 C. 37-43 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S241377150007303-6-1 (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S241377150007303-6
MLA	Savelyev, Victor S. "About the Word-Order in an Old Russian Utterance (On the Material of “The Tale of Bygone Yearsˮ)." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 78.5 (2019):37-43. DOI: 10.31857/S241377150007303-6
APA	Savelyev V. (2019). About the Word-Order in an Old Russian Utterance (On the Material of “The Tale of Bygone Yearsˮ). Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 78(5), pp.37-43 DOI: 10.31857/S241377150007303-6

100 rub.

When subscribing to an article or issue, the user can download PDF, evaluate the publication or contact the author. Need to register.

Number of purchasers: 0, views: 918

Readers community rating: votes 0

1. Kovtunova, I.I. Sovremennyj russkij jazyk. Porjadok slov i aktual'noe chlenenie predlozhenija. Uchebnoe posobie. Izd. 2-e, stereotipnoe [Modern Russian Language. Word Order and Actual Parting of the Sentence. Tutorial. The 2nd Ed., Stereotyped]. Moscow, Izdatel'stvo URSS Publ., 2002. (In Russ.)

2. Sirotinina, O.B. Lekcii po sintaksisu russkogo jazyka [Lectures on the Syntax of the Russian Language]. Moscow, Vysshaja shkola? Publ., 1980. (In Russ.)

3. Russkaja grammatika. Tom II. Sintaksis [Russian Grammar. Vol. 2. Syntax]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1980. (In Russ.)

4. Janko, T.E. Intonacionnye strategii russkoj rechi v sopostavitel'nom aspekte [Intonation Strategies of the Russian Language in a Comparative Aspect]. Moscow, Jazyki slavjanskih kul'tur? Publ., 2008. (In Russ.)

5. Sirotinina, O.B. Porjadok slov v russkom jazyke [Word Order in Russian]. Doct. Philol. Sci. Diss. Saratov, 1966. (In Russ.)

6. Ljutikova, E.A., Cimmerling, A.V. Arhitektura klauzy i informacionnaja struktura [Clause Architecture and Information Structure]. Arhitektura klauzy v parametricheskh modeljah. Sintaksis, informacionnaja struktura, porjadok slov [Architecture Clauses in Parametric Models. Syntax, Information Structure, Word Order]. Moscow, Izdatel'skij Dom JaSK Publ., 2016. (In Russ.)

7. Sirotinina, O.B. Porjadok slov v russkom jazyke [Word Order in Russian]. Saratov, Izd-vo Saratovskogo un-ta Publ., 1965. (In Russ.)

8. Savelyev, V.S. O sposobah oformlenija prjamoj rechi v drevnerusskom tekste (na materiale Povesti vremennyh let?) [On the Methods of Figuration of Direct Speech in the Old Russian Text (on the Material of The Tale of Bygone Years?)]. Mir russkogo slova [The World of Russian Word]. 2008, No 4. (In Russ.)

9. Savelyev, V.S. Avtorskie principy organizacii prjamoj rechi personazhej Povesti vremennyh let? [Author's Principles of Organizing the Direct Speech of the Characters The Tale of Bygone Years?]. Vestn. Mosk. un-ta. Ser. 9. Filologiya [Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 9. Philology]. 2018, No 2. (In Russ.)

10. Savelyev, V.S. O sovremennyh metodah issledovaniya drevnerusskogo teksta (na materiale Povesti vremennyh let?) [On Modern Methods of Studying the Old Russian Text (Based on the Tale of Bygone Years?)]. Filologiya i chelovek [Philology and Man]. 2009, No 1. (In Russ.)

11. Savelyev, V.S. Indirect speech acts in the speech of the characters of The Tale of Bygone Years?. Slovene = Ñëîâ?íå. International Journal of Slavic Studies. 2017. Vol. 6, no. 1.

12. Polnoe sobranie russkih letopisej, izdannoe po Vysochajshemu poveleniyu Imperatorskoyu Arkheograficheskoyu Komissieyu. Tom vtoroj. Ipatevskaya letopis. Izdanie vtoroe [Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles, Published by Imperial Order by the Imperial Archaeographical Commission. Volume Two. Hypation Chronicle. The Second Edition]. St. Petersburg, 1908. (In Russ.)

13. Grinberg, J. Antropologicheskaja lingvistika. Vvodnyj kurs [Anthropological Linguistics. An Introduction]. Moscow, Editorial URSS Publ., 2004. (In Russ.)