Multicomponent sentences of a blend type in modern Udmurt fiction
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2026.2.131-144
Abstract
In the current study, multicomponent complex sentences in the Udmurt literary language were investigated as both language and discourse units by combining standard analytical and anthropocentric approaches. A classification of different types of such complex sentences was proposed. Various connections between their components were described and categorized. The following four types of blend multicomponent sentences were identified: those characterized by parataxis and hypotaxis; those exhibiting parataxis and asyndeton; those displaying hypotaxis and asyndeton; and those combining parataxis, hypotaxis, and asyndeton. The statistical analysis revealed the prevalence of subordinate and asyndetic connections (45.1 %), which can be assigned to the interplay of linguistic, cultural, and social factors, including the influence of Russian syntax and individual stylistic attributes of the studied authors. The results indicate a trend towards increasing syntactic complexity in the Udmurt literary language as part of the ongoing transformation of its syntactic system and, on the whole, its dynamic evolution.
About the Author
A. F. Utkina
Udmurt Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra F. Utkina, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Researcher, Udmurt Federal Research Center
Izhevsk
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Utkina A.F. Multicomponent sentences of a blend type in modern Udmurt fiction. Kazan Journal of Historical, Linguistic, and Legal Research. 2026;168(2):131-144. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2026.2.131-144
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