One of important elements speeches in Everyday life are unions. In Russian, it is very difficult to communicate without them: after all, they are connecting elements in any text. With them, speech becomes more beautiful and varied.

Let's figure out what is meant by this term in our language. What words can be attributed to them, what are their functions.

Let's look at the types and categories of this part of speech and find out the main features. Let's draw up a plan for analyzing these words as a specific category of speech and do the analysis using a specific example.

Definition and functionality

Russian language is rich different types helper words. One of these basic categories of speech is conjunctions.

The essence of this term is as follows: they can be called words that connect various repeating elements in a passage, its segments, several different sentences.

These are kind of linking words.

It is important to know: words of this category do not change and should not be elements (members) of a sentence!

Types of unions

The classification of such terms occurs, as a rule, in 3 directions. Let's look at each one separately.

According to syntactic features

These words connect fragments of compound or complex sentences. Let's look at each type separately.

Essays

They are also called compound ones. These words can only be used when linking equal fragments of a complex sentence.

Groups of coordinating words are distinguished, some of them are given in the table.

Subordinates

They are used as follows - one fragment of a complex sentence is subordinate to another. These segments are considered subordinate clauses.

The following groups of such words are distinguished.

Sometimes elements of subtype 7 can easily be confused with explanatory and other categories of this service category of speech. To avoid confusion, clarifying questions should be asked.

According to morphological characteristics

They are divided as simply as the previous type into:

simple (one word) – a, and, but, etc.;
compound (several words) – not only, but also; and others.

Moreover, the latter are also divided into 2 categories: double and repeating. Most often, the second type is a subtype of the first.

Doubles can be attributed to: if...yes, when...then...; and for repeating ones - this...that, neither...nor...

By word formation

According to how they are formed, they can be divided into:

non-derivative – occurred independently of other categories;
derivatives - formed from words of other categories.

The following types of the latter variety of words are distinguished:

a combination of several words of this category of type 1;
decree. word ch. sentence member + simple conjunction;
word of this category + generalizing link;
historical education.

Algorithm for parsing a conjunction as a part of speech

How to find and determine the nature of conjunctions in any text is written either in a reference book, or in a textbook or collection.

An example of analysis according to the specified plan

We were preparing a scene to perform well at the regional competition theatrical arts. In order to there was variety, we included dance, literature, games in the concert program And musical numbers. Hope, What we will perform well.

For clarity, the search terms are highlighted.

Union – connects members of the SPP;
Subordinating, simple, derivative.

In order to

Union – connects members of the SPP;
Subordinating, compound, derivative.

Union - connects one. SPP members;
Cogent, simple, non-derivative.

Union – connects members of the SPP;
Subordinating, simple, non-derivative.

Conclusion

We learned what types of conjunctions are divided into, how coordinating and subordinating conjunctions differ, and what subtypes they are divided into. The result will be a table characterizing this part of speech.

Union- this is an auxiliary part of speech, with the help of which the connection between parts of a complex sentence, between individual sentences in the text is formed, as well as (this applies to some conjunctions) the connection between word forms in a simple sentence. The main function is connecting, as well as qualifying, that is, it denotes the relationship between the connected sentences or their members (with varying degrees of specificity).

With the help of most conjunctions, the syntactic type of connection (coordinating or subordinating) is distinguished. The grammatical meaning of the conjunction as a part of speech brings it closer to prepositions and particles, as well as to introductory (modal) words.

Like prepositions, conjunctions do not change. However, unlike prepositions, which perform their function only in combination with case forms of a noun, conjunctions are grammatically unrelated to the words they connect and do not depend on the belonging of these words to one or another part of speech. Conjunctions only help to identify and formalize the connection between words in a sentence or between individual sentences.

Depending on which syntactic relations are expressed using a conjunction, conjunctions are divided into: coordinating and subordinating.

Coordinating conjunctions can connect homogeneous members sentences within a simple sentence, as well as independent sentences.

Subordinating conjunctions mainly help to express all sorts of semantic relationships between the main and subordinate clauses in a complex sentence; relations are temporary, target, comparison, investigative, causal, etc.

Sometimes subordinating conjunctions are used to connect individual members in a simple sentence: “This summer I learned anew... many words that had been known to me until then, but were distant and unexperienced” (Past.) - the conjunction, although... but connects definitions and conveys comparative-concessional relations between them; “A pond like a mirror” is a conjunction that connects the predicate with the subject, complementing the meaning of the predicate with a touch of comparativeness. In this syntactic function, subordinating conjunctions are extremely rare. Basically, it can be performed by conjunctions like, than.

There is a significant difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Subordinating conjunctions are closely related in meaning to subordinate clauses and form an “integral semantic mass” with them. This property of conjunctions determines the order of parts in a complex sentence: coordinating conjunctions that unite simple sentences, are always found between these sentences, while a subordinating conjunction can appear at the beginning of a complex sentence if it begins with a subordinate clause.

Depending on the value coordinating conjunctions are divided into the following groups:

A) connecting conjunctions, expressing enumeration relations: and, yes, and... and, neither... nor, too, also.

b) dividing unions, expressing relations of mutual exclusion: either, either, then... then, not that... not that, etc.

V) adversative conjunctions: a, but, but, however, etc.

G) gradational unions: not only... but also, if not... then, not so much... as, as... so, etc.: " But it’s not so much the executioner that is scary as the unnatural lighting... coming from some kind of cloud that boils and falls on the ground, as only happens during world catastrophes" (M. Bulg.); this group of conjunctions indicates that one of the connected members (usually the second) is more significant, more significant;

d) affiliation unions: and, yes and, yes and that, or and others, adding sentences or individual members of a sentence that complement, develop a previously expressed thought: “I don’t know what happened to the old woman and the poor blind man. And what do I care about human joys and misfortunes, I, a traveling officer" (L.).

Subordinating conjunctions(by value):

A) temporary: when, while, as long as, how long, when... then, as etc.

b) comparative: as if, as if, exactly, etc.

V) targeted: so that, in order to, in order to, etc.

G) concessional: despite the fact that, although etc.

d) conditions: if, if... then, when... then.

e) explanatory: what, as if, so that, as if not etc) causal: By Besides that, since, because, etc.

h) consequences; so, to the point that, as a result of which.

It is necessary to distinguish from subordinating conjunctions allied words– relative pronouns and pronominal adverbs: where, which, who, what, where, from, etc. Conjunctive words perform the same syntactic function as conjunctions (attaching a subordinate clause to the main one), but are significant words appearing in subordinate clause as one of its members. Wed: "They answered him with the same signs,What We don’t take orders from private people."(Past.) – explanatory union What attaches a subordinate clause to the main clause. - “One of the craftswomen showed bewilderment on her face and, as a sign of annoyance, put her palm forward, asking with her eyes, What he, in fact, needs" (Past.) – relative pronoun What is the subject of an explanatory clause.

Like prepositions, conjunctions can be single-valued and multi-valued. For example, conjunctions have one meaning: in order to; as; despite the fact that etc.. First of all, conjunctions represented by several words have the same meaning. In contrast to this, unions such as and, or, yes, how, what, etc.. are multi-valued. Yes, for the union Yes The 4-volume “Dictionary of the Russian Language” indicates four meanings: 1) connective: “Steppe and steppe all around. The path is long”; 2) enumerative, which is realized by the enumerative addition of several homogeneous members, as well as several sentences: “My ideal now is a housewife. My desires are peace. Give me a pot of cabbage, and a big one” (P.); 3) connecting: “What an ear! Yes, how fat: It’s as if it were covered with amber” (Wing.); 4) adversative: “They even wanted to make me a collegiate assessor, yes, I think why” (Gog.); “And we will all be Spaniards, at least for a day” (Lighthouse).

Classes of unions by structure

From the point of view of structure, unions are divided into simple(–consisting of one word: and, a, but, although, as if, etc.), and composite(– consisting of several words: because, so, as, etc.) There are simple conjunctions non-derivative: a, but also and derivatives: although - goes back to the gerund although; allegedly, so that, so, etc. - go back to the frozen combination of a function word with a significant word. Currently, the category of composite unions is being actively replenished.

Finally, unions can be single: and that, like others, repeating: neither...nor, then...that (with obligatory repetition); double or paired: if...then, when...then, barely...how (for them the second part is possible, but not required); as...so and, as...as much (the second part is necessary).

Simple conjunctions include conjunctions and allied particles that are heterogeneous both in their formal structure and in their semantic specialization and conditions of use. (a, anyhow, as much, an, good, as if, like, so that, yes, even, hardly, or, as if, although, at least, while, etc.). This also includes a group of words with qualifying lexical meanings that are actively involved in the sphere of allied means, i.e. in a sentence appear as analogues of unions : in addition (“in addition”, “besides”), after all, or rather, however, it turns out (“therefore”), but, therefore, actually (“precisely”), moreover, however, by the way, only etc.

Since analogues of unions, like the unions themselves, are carriers of a certain qualifying meaning, when describing the correlation of unions with other CRs, analogues are not separated from unions.

Compound (= non-single word) conjunctions in their structure represent non-integrally formed connections of two or more elements, each of which simultaneously exists in the language as a separate word. In the formation of most of these there are simple polysemantic conjunctions (and, what, with what, how, when, if). For example, thanks to the fact that, no matter what, despite the fact that, because, because, while, suddenly, since, as soon as, barely, before, etc.

According to the nature of the connection between elements, compound conjunctions are: (1) syntactically unmotivated (non-sytagmatic type), (2) syntactically motivated (sytagmatic type).

1 – united according to the principle of simple coupling, stringing.

Conjunctions formed without the participation of a preposition have a non-syntagmatic structure, etc. not including a case word form. (namely, and not, and not that, and also, barely, if so, etc.)

2 – elements are connected according to the model of word combinations existing in the language. The bulk of them are formed with the participation of a preposition and retain the i.e. connection with the corresponding prepositional-case combinations. The building block of such unions is a simple union (how, what, so that, if). Examples: up to the point that, before, without, in order to, like, in addition to that, etc.

According to the number of positions occupied in the proposal, all unions are divided into single and non-single. A one-place conjunction is located between the connected parts of the text or is positionally adjacent to one of them (and, but, nevertheless, when, only, in case, contrary to what);

A non-single conjunction is located in such a way that its components are placed in each part of the connected structure (or – or, as – so and, although – but, not only – but also, enough – so that, etc.).

Non-single: double and multi-seat. A multi-place conjunction is a combination of several positionally separated components: and...and...and, yes...yes...yes, neither...nor...nor, either...or...or, etc.

Double conjunctions are compounds of two formally non-coinciding and positionally separated elements; in their formation, in addition to their own conjunctions, particles, modal words, adverbs, as well as stable combinations “not only that... (also)”, “not to say that... (but)”, “as for...(that)”. All these means, forming allied compounds, are carriers of qualifying or subjective evaluative meanings.

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Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions Russian language lesson in 7th grade teacher of Russian language and literature

Objectives: show the main functions of the union; expand students' knowledge about simple and compound conjunctions; show the differences in the functions of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Linguistic warm-up Not sour, but sweet orange; shallow, but a fishy river; a window that is not closed, but wide open; don’t hesitate, but hurry up; unpainted floor; He acted not stupidly, but smartly; not truth, but deception; do it immediately; small spool but precious; bread and salt; not slowly, but quickly.

A conjunction is an auxiliary part of speech that connects both members of a sentence and simple sentences as part of a complex General grammatical meaning conjunction - a designation of coordinating and subordinating connections between words and sentences. Syntactic features of conjunctions - conjunctions are not part of the members of the UNION sentence

CLASSES OF CONJUNCTIONS by structure SIMPLE CONJUNCTIONS COMPOUND CONJUNCTIONS and, and, but, yes, what, if, when, etc. because, since, because, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, until, since then like others. Although the French were wounded, they were not killed. We stopped in front of a small but deep ravine. In October it’s good to spend the night in stacks, as if in warm indoors. He swam alone because he loved to be alone with nature

Write sentences indicating simple and compound conjunctions. The horses were wary but calm. Between heaven and earth, now fading, now clearly emerging again, the simple but sweet trill of a lark murmured and rang continuously. He heard as if someone was knocking on the window.

CONNECTIVE ADVERSIVES DISTINCTIONAL CONJUNCTIONS BY MEANING explanatory temporary causal conditional conditional target concessive comparative investigative subordinators

Difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions: Coordinating conjunctions connect homogeneous members of a sentence and simple sentences of equal meaning within a complex one. Related offers coordinating conjunctions are called compound ones. Subordinating conjunctions connect simple sentences as part of a complex one: one of the sentences is subordinate to the other, and a question can be raised from one to the other. Sentences connected by subordinating conjunctions are called complex sentences.

Open the brackets, insert the missing letters and punctuation marks, explain spelling and punctuation, determine the role of conjunctions in sentences: Squares of fields and k...paris and small houses among them and in...everything. ..horns and plane trees all this stretches up to the g...r...umbrella. (V. Nekrasov.) K...ster...was breaking out (un)willingly...and the shadows were sluggishly moving (around) him. (To) remove fatty stains from the page of a book, you need to sprinkle... ..know (n, nn)y area with ground chalk, iron it through white paper with a hot iron.

Check yourself: Squares of fields, and cypress trees, and small houses among them, and winding roads, and plane trees - all this stretches to the horizon. The fire flared up reluctantly, and the shadows around it moved sluggishly. To delete greasy spots from the page of the book, you need to sprinkle the contaminated area with ground chalk and iron it through white paper with a hot iron.

Think and answer! What are unions for? Why are conjunctions divided into coordinating and subordinating conjunctions? What caused difficulties in studying the topic? What was interesting to learn about?

Homework: 1. § 150 2. Extract from works of art 5-6 sentences with coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Thank you for your attention!

Subordinating conjunctions according to their meaning they are divided into two groups: functional-syntactic and semantic.

Functional-syntactic conjunctions indicate the syntactic dependence of the subordinate part on the main one, without specifying the nature of this dependence. Valgina N.S. emphasizes that this has uncertain semantics, i.e. it can be used in various types subordinate clauses, these include conjunctions What, to, How .

He didn't hear
How a greedy wave rose. (Adverbial explanatory clause.)
(A.S. Pushkin)
Why do you need your blackamoor?
The young one loves Desdemona,
How does the month love darkness at night? (Comparative clause.)
(A.S. Pushkin)
His deserted corner
I rented it out How The deadline has passed. (Adverbial tense.)
(A.S. Pushkin)

Semantic conjunctions serve not only to formally attach a subordinate clause to the main one, but also to express certain semantic relations.

Semantic subordinating conjunctions are divided into the following groups:

1. Temporary alliances: How, When, barely, Bye, only, only, as soon as, before, after, since. Express the temporal relationship between two events and situations.

Nice, When there are people in the world who want to help.
(P. A. Pavlenko)
When When you're in a hurry, the road always seems longer.
(D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak)
As soon as I entered the edge of the forest, How I immediately came across wild boars...
(V.K. Arsenyev)

2. Explanatory conjunctions: What, to, How, as if. Express explanatory relationships.

I told the boys What got lost and sat down with them.
(I. S. Turgenev)
I want,
so that to the bayonet
equalized the feather.
(V.V. Mayakovsky)
Children feel Who loves them.

Galkina-Fedoruk E.M., Raspopov I.P. and Lomov A.M. do not classify explanatory conjunctions as semantic (they are classified as semantic by Rosenthal D.E. and Telenkova M.A.).

3. Target alliances: to, if only, if only, so that(obsolete), in order to, so as to, for the purpose of. Convey target relationships. The subordinate clause explains the content of the main part of a complex sentence.

To To love music, you must first listen to it.
(D. D. Shostakovich)
Everyone was silent to hear the rustling of flowers.

4. Causal conjunctions: because (That), because, for, because the, due to the fact that, thanks to, due to the fact that, due to, due to the fact that, because of, because of, because of. Express causal relationships. The basis or motive is indicated in the subordinate part, and the consequence in the main part.

A because the upset mother was silent, That Chuk and Gek were silent too.
(A.P. Gaidar)
Because of the clouds almost touched the tops of the birches, it was quiet and warm on the ground.
(K. G. Paustovsky)

5. Conditional conjunctions: If, if, if, once, if only, When, how soon. The conditional relations indicated in the subordinate part are conveyed, and the result is shown in the main part.

How well could all the people in the world live, If if only they wanted If If only they understood!
(A. A. Fadeev)
When two people quarrel - both are always to blame.
(L.N. Tolstoy)

6. Concessive alliances - Although, let, let him, otherwise, for nothing that, meanwhile, although , as well as pronominal-conjunctive combinations no matter how much, no matter how - express concessionary relations. The subordinate clause describes a situation or event in spite of which another event occurs.

This morning in the steppe it was quiet, cloudy, although the sun has risen.
(L.N. Tolstoy)
No, there's not enough of you for everyone,
Though what kind of general are you?
(A. T. Tvardovsky)
Though he couldn't have looked more diligently,
But also traces of the former Tatyana
Onegin could not find it.
(A.S. Pushkin)

7. Comparative unions: How, how, as if, as if, as if, exactly, than, as if, similar to. Comparative relationships are conveyed through complex sentence, which describes the similarity of two events, situations - real and expected.

Similar to the impatient young man is waiting for the hour of the meeting, I was waiting for the hour of the morning.
(M. A. Bulgakov)
Cool summer has arrived
As if new life has begun.
(A. A. Akhmatova)

8. Investigative unions: So. The subordinate part conveys relations expressing the consequence, result, conclusions, while the main part expresses the cause, the basis.

The house stood on a slope, So The windows to the garden were very low from the ground...
(S. T. Aksakov)
Rain stopped, So we can go for a walk.

Many linguists are inclined to believe that investigative relations are conveyed only by a single conjunction So (Lekant P.A.). Meanwhile, Babaytseva V.V., Maksimov L.Yu., Vinogradov V.V. also include the union in this group to the point that .

AND before that I suddenly felt ashamed What literally tears flowed down my cheeks...
(F. M. Dostoevsky)

V.Yu. Apresyan, O.E. Pekelis, 2012

Subordinating conjunctions are conjunctions used to express a subordinating syntactic connection (see the articles Subordination and Conjunction). In the general classification of conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions are contrasted with coordinating conjunctions.

1. Introduction

The classification of subordinating conjunctions is based on semantic principles. In accordance with AG-1954. [Grammar 1954: paragraph 1012] this article identifies the following groups of conjunctions:

(1) causal conjunctions ( since, because, since, because, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, for, then that);

(2) consequence unions ( so, or else, or else);

(3) target unions ( so that, in order to, in order to, then in order to, in order to);

(4) conditional conjunctions ( if, if, if, once, if, as soon as, if (would, b), if, if only, whenever, whenever);

(5) concessionary alliances ( although, at least; for nothing; if only, if only; despite the fact that, despite the fact that; at least, at least, let, let; while, meanwhile, whereas; it would be good, let it be; only truth);

(6) temporary unions ( barely, barely, as soon as, as, when, only, only, as, after, since, until, until, while, until, until, until, before, before than, just, just, just, barely, barely, before, while);

(7) comparative unions ( how, what, as if, as if, as if, as if, as if (as), likewise, exactly, exactly (as), than, rather than).

(8) explanatory conjunctions ( what, in order, as if, how);

The composition of the groups is given according to AG-1954, with the exception of the group of concessional conjunctions (see): its composition is somewhat broader than what is proposed in the grammar. Concessional alliances are described in this article in accordance with the works of [V. Apresyan 2006. a, b, c] and [V. Apresyan 2010].

Conjunctions are considered in each subsection only in their basic meaning; for example, union to(see) has, in addition to the target ( He did it to help her), optative value ( So that he would be empty), which is used to express a negative wish; union though has, in addition to the concessive ( We went for a walk, even though it was very cold), also the meaning of free choice ( Come in either a ballgown or a tracksuit), as well as many others, but they are not mentioned in this article.

2. Causal conjunctions

List of causal conjunctions: since, because, since, because, in view of the fact that, thanks to the fact that, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, due to the fact that, for, then that.

Causal conjunctions constitute one of the largest groups among subordinating conjunctions; Wed Unions / paragraph 4. Statistics. Semantically, they form a very homogeneous group, with some semantic and stylistic variations.

General semantics of this group of conjunctions X because<так как, ….> Y –‘Y causes X’. Syntactically, all conjunctions of this group introduce the valency of the cause, i.e. subordinate the causal subordinate clause.

2.1. Union because

Union because the most neutral stylistically and therefore the most frequent (117,467 occurrences in the Main Corpus):

(1) Leaders are not afraid to expand IT services,<...> because thanks to ITSM, they consider themselves insured against the risk of loss of IT control [N. Dubova]

(2) I rushed around the kitchen, because my onions were burning and the soup was running away at the same time [O. Zueva]

Syntactically because differs in that it cannot occupy the initial position in a sentence. Wed:

(3) I rushed around the kitchen, because my onions were burning and the soup was running away at the same time<…>["Dasha" (2004)]

(4) *Because My onions were burning and my soup was running away at the same time, I was rushing around the kitchen.

This syntactic feature is apparently explained by the following semantic-communicative property because: this conjunction introduces information about the causal relationship between the situations expressed by the dependent clause and the main one, as unknown to the Listener; the unknown, meanwhile, tends to coincide with the end of the utterance - with the rheme (see Communicative structure).

2.2. Stylistically colored causal conjunctions

2.2.1. Unions because, because the, thanks to

Because,because the, thanks to somewhat shifted towards non-use and therefore less frequent:

(5) In this case, Newton’s law of gravitation is used, because The gravitational field of black holes at large distances is close to Newtonian. ["Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences" (2004)]

(6) The commission charged is also sharply reduced, because the the cost of translations is reduced. ["Statistical Issues" (2004)]

(7) Only thanks to we survived as a team of like-minded people, the magazine retained its face. ["Science and Life" (2009)]

All these conjunctions have a rather slightly official tone and are rarely found in the Poetic Subcorpus (10 occurrences per million - because, 1 occurrence per million – because the, thanks to does not occur).

2.2.2. Union because of

Union because of gravitates towards a high style, which is why it is quite frequent in poetry:

(8) It was even more difficult for me because of I, after all, knew: he did not love the one / Who was no longer there... [Z. Gippius]

(9) I would like to find an icon, / Because of my deadline is near... [A. Akhmatova]

From a synonymous union because because of differs in that it cannot express the causal connection between the proposition of the dependent clause and the epistemic modality included in the meaning of the main clause (see Illocutionary use of conjunctions). Wed. inability to replace because on because of in the appropriate context:

(10) There was no point in delaying: I shot, in turn, at random; That's right, the bullet hit him in the shoulder, because<*оттого что> suddenly he lowered his hand … [M. Yu. Lermontov. Hero of Our Time (1839-1841)]

Because of, in addition, is not subject to the prohibition on the initial position in a sentence, which applies to because(cm. ). Wed:

(11) Because of <*because> Clara now knew his misfortunes, his languid smile squeezed her with sympathy. [A. Solzhenitsyn. In the first circle (1968)]

2.2.3. Unions due to, due to the fact that And due to the fact that

Due to, due to the fact that And due to the fact that– book unions:

(12) I had to stop working due to the deposit turned out to be unsuitable for industrial operation. [IN. Skvortsov]

(13) Aerolites, or meteorites, are iron or stone masses that fall from outer space to Earth in the form of pieces different sizes, melted from the surface due to the fact that they become hot during rapid flight through the atmosphere. [IN. Obruchev]

(14) I was suffocating in Moscow, in Russia in general, where the national financial pyramid was growing like a cancerous tumor due to the fact that the government and the population, by mutual conspiracy, deceived themselves and each other. [IN. Skvortsov]

2.2.4. Union due to the fact that

Due to the fact that has an official connotation:

(15) He<...>presented me with two resolutions: one - on bringing me to justice under such and such an article of the criminal code and according to such and such a note to it - and the other - on choosing a preventive measure (undertaking not to leave the place) due to the fact that For health reasons, the accused cannot participate in the investigation and trial [Yu. Dombrovsky]

2.2.5. Unions for And then what

For And then what outdated or high style; however for, like many other obsolete conjunctions, it is quite widespread in modern newspaper language (30 occurrences per million in the Newspaper subcorpus).

(16) Therefore those who do not know the matter should<...>take it on: for what is said in Scripture is said not only so that they know, but also so that they do. [Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov)]

(17) Developed countries will not want to let in all the migrants, for this means that you will have to part with your development, with your usual standard of living [RIA Novosti (2008)]

(18) I have never called you my sister before, then what I couldn't be your brother then what We were not equal, because you were deceived in me! [F. M. Dostoevsky]

Among other causal unions for stands apart: although this conjunction is traditionally considered subordinating, due to a number of its formal properties for gets closer to the essay (for more details, see the article Essay).

2.3. Differences in the semantics of causal conjunctions

Unions thanks to,due to the fact that, due to the fact that, due to the fact that And due to the fact that retain the semantic features of the prepositions from which they are derived (see the article Preposition); Most of these features are described in the works of [Levontina 1997], [Levontina 2004].

Yes, union thanks to indicates not only the cause, but also the desirability of the effect: He made a full recovery thanks to timely treatment health care , but not * He died due to the fact that medical assistance was not provided on time. Wed. Also:

(19) My destiny was going well thanks to Mom had well-established friends and well-married female friends who were happy to help us. [L. Vertinskaya]

Unions due to And due to the fact that indicate a direct, close connection between cause and effect, and due to the fact that– to a more indirect one:

(20) The verdict was overturned due to the fact that <due to> gross violations in the conduct of the process were identified. – direct communication

(21) Parkinson's disease develops due to the fact that the content of the neurotransmitter dopamine begins to decrease in the brain - an indirect connection

in case of strangeness:

(22) Parkinson's disease develops due to <due to the fact that> the level of the neurotransmitter dopamine begins to decrease in the brain

In addition, for unions due to the fact that And due to the fact that characterized by the presence objective connection between events, and for the union due to the fact that - a motive that motivates a person to act in a certain way.

Due to the fact that often used metatextually, to indicate logical connections in inferences and conclusions: Demand for apartments has increased again, perhaps due to the fact that supply remains low. Wed. Also:

(23) The constituent pairs of such elements have fairly close atomic weights due to the fact that are formed from one proto-nucleus [Geoinformatics (2003)]

3. Unions of investigation

List of investigation unions So(cm. ), or else, or else(cm.

3.1. The conjunction so and the combination so / such + that

In contrast to the meaning of ‘cause’, which is expressed in Russian by numerous conjunctions (see), the meaning of ‘consequence’ is directly “served” by a single conjunction – So. Union So is a semantic conversion of the conjunction because. Thus, the meaning of the union So can be defined through the meaning ‘reason’: X soY= 'X causes Y':

(24) She worked conscientiously, So the palm leaf panicles had to be changed every half hour. [A. Dorofeev]

(25) Alyosha ate plenty, So I was very happy. [ABOUT. Pavlov]

Syntactically conjunction So introduces the valency of the consequence, i.e. subordinates the subordinate clause of the consequence.

The meaning 'consequence' can also be expressed by the adverb So or adjective such in the main clause in combination with a conjunction What in the subordinate clause:

(26) So scared What it was as if he was paralyzed, he could not take a step towards the black abyss and huddled near the bench. [IN. Bykov]

(27) It was written on Gosha’s face such genuine bewilderment What no one doubted his sincerity. [IN. Belousova]

3.2. Threat alliances: this or that

"Threat" alliances otherwise... And or else... can be conditionally classified as consequent conjunctions, but in reality their semantics is more complex. Phrases like X, but (not) thenY assume that if condition X is not met, then undesirable situation Y will arise (i.e. failure to comply with X entails unpleasant consequences Y):

(28) Move away otherwise <otherwise> you will be run over; Leave behind otherwise <otherwise> I'll hit you in the face.

Their exact statistics are difficult due to homonymy with disjunctive conjunctions otherwise And otherwise, which, however, are significantly more rare, and also with the union A in combination with a pronoun That.

4. Target alliances

List of target unions: so that, in order to, in order to, then in order to, in order to.

The meaning of ‘goal’, expressed by the conjunctions of this group, has been repeatedly discussed in the linguistic literature; classic work [Zholkovsky 1964] is devoted, in particular, to the word target; prepositions with the meaning of purpose, first of all For And for the sake of are described in the works [Levontina 1997], [Levontina 2004], [V. Apresyan 1995].

4.1. Unions in order to

Unions to And in order to express the same idea as a noun target and preposition For. Their meanings combine the meanings of cause, desire and action: X toY means that the action X performed by the subject will, in his opinion, be the cause of the desired situation Y. To - one of the most frequent subordinating conjunctions (1479. per million uses in the Main Corpus):

(29) Mom and dad generally slept standing up, propping each other up, to don't collapse. (A. Dorofeev)

(30) The hammerman was pulled away from the stone, - to didn't interfere. (V. Bykov)

(31) Indeed, navigating the store is intuitive and easy, in order to fill your cart and place an order, you just need to do a few simple steps (O. Feofilova)

To can also act as an explanatory conjunction; for these uses, see.

4.2. Stylistically colored target conjunctions

Other target conjunctions are stylistically marked and, accordingly, less frequent synonyms to.

So that- colloquial or poetic version of the union to(300 occurrences per million in the Main Corpus, 546 in the Oral Corpus, 1662 in the Poetic Corpus):

(32) This is what I'm using now, so that write a dissertation [LiveJournal entry (2004)]

So as to and especially then to– book synonyms of the union to (so as to has a touch of formality and is often found in newspaper texts):

(33) Leonid Polezhaev, speaking in the Federation Council, proposed holding a referendum, so as to tighten criminal penalties for the illegal production and distribution of drugs. ["Weekly Magazine" (2003)]

(34) After all, we came then to to put an end to all disputes that have been going on completely fruitlessly for seven years now. [YU. Dombrovsky]

Union so that with the same meaning is stylistically colored as outdated, high or, most often in modern language, humorous:

(35) Created distant skies, So that to contemplate from them all his creation... [D. S. Merezhkovsky]

(36) Well, the powder will be kept warm for ten days, so that the microbes of anthrax, if its spores turn out to be powder, have shown themselves in all, so to speak, completeness... [“Crime Chronicle” (2003)]

5. Conditional conjunctions

List of conditional conjunctions: if, if, if, once, if, as soon as, if (would, b), if, if only, whenever, whenever b. All of them except whether, have an option with That(if... then, if(s)... then and etc.).

5.1. Union if

The main conditional conjunction, If, a large literature is devoted. In some works it is considered a semantic primitive, i.e. in a word that cannot be decomposed into simpler semantic components; in some works, including within the framework of the Moscow semantic school, attempts are made to interpret it. Special attention union If is given attention in recent works [Sannikov 2008] and [Uryson 2011], each of which offers, in particular, its interpretation. However, in this article these interpretations are not used due to their formal complexity, as well as reliance on semantic components that are more complex in meaning than the conjunction If(the meaning of ‘probability’ in the interpretation of Sannikov, the meaning of ‘hypothesis’ and ‘to influence’ in the interpretation of E.V. Uryson). This article adopts the point of view about the semantic primitiveness of the conjunction If, however, material from the works of V.Z. Sannikov and E.U. Uryson is used to explain and present its uses.

At the union If there are two main meanings - If“conditions” (see) and “comparative” If(cm. ).

5.1.1. If conditions

Bivalent union If"conditions" ( IfX, thenY) introduces the idea of such a connection between two situations X and Y, when the presence of one of them (X) makes the presence of the other (Y) very probable:

(37) If their gang will be discovered, Oleg will automatically go to prison. [IN. Tokarev]

It is characterized by use with the future tense of the verb. In the work [Paducheva 2004: 103–104], it is seen as an implicature ‘and if there is no X, then there is no Y’, i.e. the condition is usually understood not only as sufficient, but also as necessary: If you call, I'll come[meaning ‘and if not, then no’].

The work [Uryson 2011] provides a more detailed classification of uses If"conditions":

(1) If"hypotheses": If the summer is dry, there will be no mushrooms(we're talking about about one-time hypothetical situations);

(2) if “generalizations”: If we managed to get money somewhere, we immediately went for a bottle (we are talking about situations that were repeated many times);

(3) If"this state of affairs": If you, Lelishcha, ate the second lozenge, then I will bite off this apple again(M. Zoshchenko) - we are talking about a real situation that causes some other situation.

5.1.2. Comparative If

Much rarer and bookish use, “comparative”, rhetorical If can be illustrated by the following example:

(38) If Masha got married at seventeen and gave birth to eight children; her sister Katya lived in a monastery all her life.

In this meaning If does not indicate a connection between situations, but reflects the Speaker’s idea of them as taking place simultaneously and contrasting with each other.

5.2. Unions once and for all

Union If in the meaning of “state of affairs” (see) the union is synonymous once, which also presents situation X as a given, which, according to the Speaker, “the Addressee will not deny” [Iordanskaya, Melchuk 2007: 495]:

(39) Once he was so received in his homeland, once made a criminal, he doesn’t shake hands, then he doesn’t need anyone. [D. Granin]

Wed. also the following example where once used after If, as if reinforcing a hypothesis, which, being repeated, is accepted as an axiom:

(40) Dostoevsky believed that if there is no God, then everything is permitted, but once allowed, then you can lose heart and despair. [D. Granin]

If soon– book synonym If"state of affairs" and once(accurate statistics are impossible due to homonymy with the noun once):

(41) And as soon as Ivanovsky crossed Europe to see his relatives, then it will not be difficult for him to take another five hundred steps to his, Yagudin’s, home. [A. Rybakov]

(42) If soon The world has become simpler and there is no place left for skilled work. [D. Bykov]

5.3. Unions if and if

Colloquial-reduced conjunction if- a synonym for conditional if in the meaning of “hypothesis” and sometimes in the meaning of “state of affairs” (see):

(43) He gave me a power of attorney for the right to conduct business and receive money, if such will follow. [A. Hair]

(44) If born a slave - that means this is your bitter fate. [G. Nikolaev]

Examples on if“generalizations” (see) are not found in the Corpus, but in principle they are possible:

(45) If money appeared, we immediately ran for a bottle.

Koli – obsolete synonym for conditional If, also used in newspaper language, in all uses, with a large percentage of uses of “state of affairs” (see):

(46) The guys and I will add, if will need [V. Astafiev] – if"hypotheses"

(47) A if If they didn’t take him, he ran away from home and came on his own [B. Ekimov] – if"generalizations"

(48) Toma occupies a very good position in society, if I was in the Bolshoi, and in the Maly, and in Khudozhestvenny, and besides, I was treated to free gifts [L. Ulitskaya]

(49) So, there is already a thing, your honor, if came. [A. Panteleev]

(50) Well, well, speak up, if I've already started. [A.N. Ostrovsky] – if"state of affairs"

5.4. Conditional conjunctions on would: if b(s), if b(s), if only

Union if and its variant if only(for the distribution of these options, see Subjunctive mood / clause 3.4.1) add to the meaning of the main conditional conjunction If the semantic component of imaginability, unreality of situation X, which in fact does not take place, which is why the resulting situation Y does not take place (the so-called counterfactual meaning, see Subjunctive mood / clause 2.1): If you were here then we would go for a walk; If only there were mushrooms growing in my mouth. Wed. Also:

(51) If you wanted Sasha and I to live normally, you would have invested your money. [IN. Tokarev]

(52) You wouldn’t even go to a restaurant then, if I didn't pay for you. [A. Gelasimov]

(53) If pay fairly for work, then all the repairmen from the depot would have fled long ago. [IN. Astafiev]

(54) If only I knew right away, but would I have even uttered a word? [ABOUT. Pavlov]

(55) If only If there were no potatoes on the three acres of land, then the villagers would swell from hunger. [A. Azolsky]

· simultaneous to her ( as, while, while, for the time being, as long as), cm. ;

· following her ( before, before, before), cm. .

The presentation of temporary unions in this article is largely based on [V. Apresyan 2010].

Another semantic feature is the time that passes between situations if they are not simultaneous. On this basis, conjunctions formed from adverbs and particles with a meaning of small degree are opposed to all others, namely, conjunctions barely, barely... how, barely, as soon as, how, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just indicate the immediate precedence of one situation to another, the absence of a time interval between the onset of the initial and subsequent situations.

The main and most frequent temporary conjunction When(390. 262. occurrences in the Main Corpus) is neutral in relation to these features, and can introduce precedence, succession, and simultaneity: When he arrived he washed the dishes[precedence], When he arrived, the dishes had already been washed.[following], When working with acid, keep the window open.[simultaneity].

7.1. Conjunctions with the meaning of precedence

Conjunctions in this group introduce a situation that occurs before the situation introduced by the main clause.

7.1.1. Conjunctions indicating immediate precedence: as soon as, not yet and etc.

as soon as(15,020 occurrences in the Main Corpus) – the most frequent in this group:

(82) The consideration of the case took no more than thirty minutes - as soon as The court was presented with photographs of the scene of the “violation”; the question of prohibited travel to the oncoming side of the road disappeared by itself. [“Behind the Wheel” (2003)]

Its colloquial synonyms How And only are significantly rarer, but their statistics are impossible due to homonymy with other meanings:

(83) The false murderers (this has already become clear) threw the bound prisoner with the words, they say, How We'll figure it out - we'll come and let you go. ["Daily News" (2003)]

(84) Only lean out of this hollow - and the skiff! [M. Bubennov]

Other unions in this group - barely, barely(3 occurrences per million in the Main Corpus) , only, only only(7 occurrences per million in the Main Corpus), just a little(0.2 occurrences per million) , just a little, just a little(1.5. occurrences in the Main Corpus) – characteristic of written texts(in the Oral Corpus - single occurrences in the required meaning):

(85) Barely It was dawn when Valentin Kazarka appeared on the pier. [A. Azolsky]

(86) Barely Nerzhin wrote down this conclusion on a piece of paper, which is how he was arrested. [A. Solzhenitsyn]

(87) And only a dot appears, moves, it soars and suddenly falls down like a stone! [M. Bulgakov]

(88) Just he opened the door, Tanya immediately saw him and came out [Yu. Trifonov]

(89) Just a little he will lose his temper, she will immediately go to her room - and turn the key. [TO. Chukovsky]

(90) A little If he has a free moment, he immediately grabs a dustpan, a broom, and starts sweeping the carpet, or else he rinses the cups, vacuums the sofa, or starts a small laundry. [YU. Trifonov]

(91) But You didn't know that just a little If a person rejects a miracle, he immediately rejects God, for a person seeks not so much God as miracles. [IN. Rozanov]

Statistics barely, a little And only difficult due to homonymy with particles.

The frequency union stands apart in this group not yet(14,682 occurrences in the Main Corpus), which indicates that upon reaching the situation introduced by the conjunction, the situation described in the main clause ceases:

(92) Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or Bye chick Not will become soft. [Recipes of national cuisines: France (2000-2005)]

Its exact statistics are difficult due to homonymy with the adverb Bye combined with a particle Not: The work has not yet been completed. Its synonyms, conjunctions not yet(392 entries in the Main Corpus) and not yet(109. occurrences in the Main Corpus) are obsolete or colloquial:

(93) This is how Lieutenant Yegor Dremov fought, not yet an accident happened to him [A. N. Tolstoy]

(94) Continuing his service, Gribovsky did not know grief, not yet added provocation to the denunciation. [YU. Davydov]

Unions Bye, as long as And for now in this meaning are possible, but much less common (see more about them):

(95) Wait until I'll die... I'll die soon... [Z. Prilepin]

(96) However, mom pushed little son to his father, and had to endure, as long as the giant will pat you on the head or cup your cheeks with his big, plump palms and give you a few greasy candies. [A. Varlamov]

(97) If I sat on a math test, not bothering anyone, calmly waiting, for now my friend will solve the problem, then everything was attributed to my laziness, and not stupidity. [F. Iskander]

7.1.2. Conjunctions that do not indicate immediate precedence: after, since

Union after(10,157 occurrences in the Main Corpus) can indicate both immediate and more distant succession:

(99) I watched Nikolai Lebedev’s “Star” almost a year later after the film was released. [L. Anninsky] – remote following

Since(3,222 entries in the Main Corpus) indicates that a certain period of time passes between the onset of the first situation and the onset of the second:

(100) Seventeen years have passed since then,How he told me this. [A. Gelasimov] – but not *immediately since then,How he told me this

Since has an additional semantic component - namely, it assumes that both situations occurred quite a long time ago relative to the moment of speech:

(101) Spivakov and Pletnev have known each other for a very long time, since Misha studied with Flier, with whom Volodya was friends and in his youth even lived at his house [S. Spivakov] – but not * Since he called her an hour ago, she was on pins and needles

7.2. Unions with the meaning of simultaneity of situations

The most stylistically neutral and frequent conjunction in this group is Bye(see for other uses Bye And not yet Also ):

(102) Scientists, businessmen and petty thieves<...>at the request of prosecutors, judges send people to pre-trial detention for months, or even years, Bye The investigation is ongoing. [“Time MN” (2003)]

(103) Bye our crazy sultan / Promises the way for us to the prison... (B. Okudzhava)

Its exact statistics are impossible due to homonymy with the adverb Bye: We are still working on the article.

Union as long as - obsolete or colloquial (2729 occurrences in the Main Corpus), conjunction for now(1250 entries in the Main Corpus) – obsolete or colloquial:

(104) But I, the high priest of the Jews, as long as I am alive, I will not allow my faith to be desecrated and I will protect the people! [M. Bulgakov]

(105) As long as our president was preparing to send Federal Assembly <...>, as long as he tried to talk about the need for a steady further improvement in the well-being of the people<...>, in the city of Volzhsky, located in the vicinity of Volgograd, events took place that made all this melodic declamation meaningless. ["Crime Chronicle" (2003)]

(106) In these few seconds, for now he reached the other edge, she managed to swing quite strongly. [F. Iskander]

Unusual union as(1667 entries in the Main Corpus) indicates not just the simultaneous existence of situations, but the gradual increase in the situation described in the main sentence, against the background and due to the gradual increase in the situation introduced by the union, i.e. as contains a component of causality, causation (for conjunctions of cause, see):

(107) Visual acuity increased as The external opening of the eye narrowed. [A. Zaitsev]

(108) As trips were shortened, connections were severed, and he began to suffer. [D. Granin]

Rare union while describes the parallel unfolding of two situations:

(109) While V Supreme Court the case of citizen A. A. Zhukov was being considered, many taxpayers were calculating the amounts that they might have to pay extra over several years [“Accounting” (2004)]

Its exact statistics are difficult due to its polysemy, and its concessional meaning (see), which does not imply obligatory simultaneity, is significantly more frequent:

(110) It is also indicated that Big Western Money will no longer come to Russia, while under the previous system they came or promised to come [“Tomorrow” (2003)]

7.3. Conjunctions with the meaning of following

Conjunctions in this group introduce a situation that follows the situation introduced by the main clause. Stylistically neutral union before(8,526 occurrences in the Main Corpus) – the most frequent in this group:

(111) Before Let us move on to the consideration of specific data on the composition of the jury, we will make a number of comments general. (A. Afanasyev)

He usually introduces controlled actions, cf. weirdness ? We managed to clean everything up before it started to rain and especially in preposition to the main clause ?? Before it started to rain we cleaned everything up.

Union before(2,236 occurrences in the Main Corpus) is also stylistically neutral and, although it may introduce purposeful actions ( Before she started singing, Rotarov fans shouted: let's Rotaru!(I. Kio)), is mainly used in the context of uncontrolled events, processes and influences:

(112) So she died before I was born, and she and I lived in the same century [E. Grishkovets]

(113) But before the stone was thrown, it had kinetic energy [V. Lukashik, E. Ivanova. Collection of problems in physics. 7-9. class (2003)]

(114) People often knock on their neighbor’s door for a long time before the smell of a decomposing corpse will spread throughout the apartment. [A. Azolsky]

Synonym before(731. entry in the Main Corpus) – obsolete or book synonym before:

(115) Before I managed to answer something, she burst into tears [A. I. Herzen. The Thieving Magpie (1846)]

(116) Before the ear may appear above the ground, something inevitable must happen to the seed underground: it must dissolve, as if disappear [Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom). "The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Conversations on the Gospel of Mark (1990-1992)]

8. Comparative unions

List of comparative unions: how, what, as if, as if, as if, as if, as if (as), likewise, exactly, exactly (as), than, rather than.

The work [Sannikov 2008] provides arguments in favor of the special status of comparative constructions and, accordingly, comparative unions.

Comparative constructions are similar to coordinating constructions (see Essay) according to the following characteristics:

(1) unlike subordinating conjunctions, coordinating and comparative conjunctions can join syntactic units lower level than clause:

(117) Dial the Moscow code and Sasha's phone number. [IN. Tokarev]

(118) Cap, How door, they will close behind me... [Oh. Pavlov]

(2) compared terms, like composed ones, have a dual syntactic status: on the one hand, it is felt syntactic connection between the compared members (comparatives), on the other hand, the syntactic connection of each of the comparators with the main word is felt, i.e. comparative and subordinating connections“overlap” [Sannikov 2008: 395] on each other.

(119) <…>How grove in September, / Alcohol showers the brain [S. Yesenin]

This is impossible for composed members: cf. Katya and Misha came vs. impossibility *And Katya Misha came.

In this article, as in traditional Russian studies, comparative conjunctions are considered as part of subordinating conjunctions.

For more information on comparative constructions, see the dedicated article Comparative Constructions.

8.1. Union as

Basic comparative union, How(statistics are not possible due to homonymy with time How, which is part of complex temporary conjunctions (see), and very frequent explanatory How(see )), can attach members of a sentence or whole sentences:

(120) I hammered in these questions, How bullets to the forehead [A. Gelasimov]

(121) All my little soldiers<...>Abdulka loved and remembered them as sons. [ABOUT. Pavlov]

(122) The baby elephant's head is empty, How the streets of the city become empty during the midday heat [A. Dorofeev]

In the comparative sense it is semantically trivalent (although syntactically related only to the second comparator) and has the following semantics: P Z as Q 'The object P (the object of comparison) and the object Q (the standard of comparison) have a common feature Z', see Comparative constructions / Definition .

What- an outdated poetic synonym How:

(123) And Razin dreams of the bottom: / With flowers - What carpet board [M. Tsvetaeva]

For What characteristically there is no mention of the characteristic by which the comparison is made: And she is like death, / Her mouth is bitten in blood(M. Tsvetaeva) instead And she is as pale as death. Its statistics are impossible due to homomony with one of the most frequent conjunctions of the Russian language - explanatory What, and also with the pronoun What V nominative case(cm. ).

8.2. Synonyms with a narrower meaning: as if, as if, exactly, etc.

Most of the remaining comparative unions are as if as if)as if(statistics are impossible due to homonymy with explanatory as if), as if, as if, as if (as), as if (as if),(about the distribution of options with would and without would see Comparative designs / clause 2.2), exactly(statistics are impossible due to homonymy with significantly more frequent adverbs and short adjective), exactly (would)(statistics are impossible due to homonymy with significantly more frequent adverbs and short adjectives), exactly like– synonyms How, only with a narrower meaning, namely, they all emphasize that the two comparators are not equivalent, but only superficially similar. They are often used for figurative comparisons of really distant objects belonging to completely different classes; compare:

(124) Light as if <as if would, as if> fluff

(125) The numbers somehow got stuck in my head, as if a pad studded with sewing needles. [A. Dorofeev]

(126) This whole tin plane was shaking, as if malarial for fever. [IN. Bykov]

(127) The cloak hung strangely on the shoulders - dull and scratched, exactly catering aluminum cookware. [ABOUT. Pavlov]

(128) Sits smooth mother of god, / Yes, pearls are lowered on a string [M. Tsvetaeva]

Wherein as if, as if, as if, as if, as if, exactly - book unions, and exactly - folk-poetic. Syntactically, they can attach both members of a sentence (see examples above) and entire sentences:

(129) He loved only himself in the world<...>voluptuously, lustfully, as if one flesh incessantly desired another, more beautiful one. [ABOUT. Pavlov]

(130) Light high consonance accompanied by calm bass ― as if In a communal apartment, a neighbor is walking behind the wall. [A. Slapovsky]

(131) The floorboards in the hallway creak of their own accord, exactly someone has come and is walking around [V. Pietsukh]

(132) And Razin dreams of a ringing sound: / Smooth silver droplets droplets [M. Tsvetaeva]

For the choice of conjunction depending on the syntactic type of comparative construction, see Comparative constructions / paragraph 3.2.2.

8.3. Union is like

Union similar to - book synonym for union How, which has the following syntactic restrictions: it can link entire sentences, but not individual members of a sentence; compare:

(133) Similar to you can ignore the stupidity beautiful woman, so you may not notice the splendor of a stupid man. [F. Iskander]

(134) Similar to the shadow of a person gives an idea of his figure, so anti-Semitism gives an idea of the historical fate and path of the Jews. [IN. Grossman]

but not * I love Katya like a daughter.

Use with an adverb So also characteristic of the union How when he links sentences:

(135) How little girls tirelessly dress up dolls, So and Pavel spent hours assembling and disassembling cardboard models of a person and his individual organs [L. Ulitskaya]

8.4. Unions than and than

Comparative Union how and its synonym rather than (than) fundamentally different in their semantics from other comparative conjunctions. If most comparative conjunctions convey the idea of similarity between two objects based on a common feature, how And than convey the idea of difference between two objects based on some characteristic: He's smarter than her;He will have to spend more time there than he expected. The meaning of these conjunctions can be formulated as follows: PZ than<нежели> Q‘P differs from Q with respect to the degree to which it possesses the trait Z’. How And than are used with the comparative degree of an adjective or adverb that expresses a characteristic by the degree of which two objects differ:

(136) At that moment he was more afraid of the Elector, how those that were on the tower [V. Bykov]

(137) Both flowers smelled even more strongly of nectar, how oregano [IN. Kologriv]

(138) Having passed the hollow, which turned out to be much more extensive, than It seemed to Travkin while observing that the sappers stopped. [E. Kazakevich]

(139) And after that the knight had to joke a little more and longer, than he assumed. [M. Bulgakov]

Union than usually qualifies as bookish, which is refuted by corpus data - its overall frequency, as well as statistics for the Oral and Newspaper Corpus (in percentage terms 0.0057. in the Main Corpus, 0.0024. in the Newspaper Corpus, 0.0012. in the Oral Corpus).

9. Explanatory conjunctions

List of explanatory conjunctions: that, in order, (as) as if, how.

(140) I know What he no longer works there; He said, What She is gone; I want, to You came; They say, as if <as if>he left; He watched How carry hay.

This difference has syntactic and semantic consequences. Thus, the main clause in the complex explanatory proposal is not a component (see Glossary) and therefore cannot be used in isolation; Wed irregularity * He said, *I want, *They say, *He watched. This is not necessary or unusual for other subordinating conjunctions. Wed:

(141) I'll come If <When> she will come; I will come, because <Although> she won't be there; I decided to return to Moscow in advance, to everything was there when the children arrived; The rain has stopped So you can go for a walk.

(142) I will come; I decided to return to Moscow in advance; The rain has stopped.

Semantically, explanatory conjunctions are the least complete of all subordinating conjunctions.

Accurate statistics of these conjunctions is impossible due to their homonymy with allied words ( what how), pronouns ( What), pronominal adverbs ( How), target unions ( to), comparative unions ( How, as if).

Stylistically neutral union What - the most common of all explanatory (and of all subordinating) conjunctions. In some contexts, instead of What used to. Managing clauses with a conjunction What and, less often, to characteristic of many classes of verbs, including verbs of speech ( say that<чтобы> ; assert that; report that;insist that <to> etc.), for mental predicates ( think that; understand that; know that; think that), verbs of perception ( see that; to hear that; make sure that, etc.) and many others:

(143) And to you They say, What your friend has already left... [E. Grishkovets. Simultaneously (2004)]

(144) PA speaks, to I didn’t pester her about it. [L. Ulitskaya. Kukotsky's case (2000)]

(145) Key persistently insisted, What Vertinsky is an outstanding poet, as proof of which he cited the line: “Hallelujah, like a blue bird.” [IN. P. Kataev. My Diamond Crown (1975-1977)]

(146) Mom persists insisted that we “got it right”. [A. Aleksin. Division of Property (1979)]

Between What And to there is a combinability-semantic distribution: when a speech verb conveys not only the content of someone else’s speech, but also the wish of the subject of speech, as in examples (144) and (146), What is replaced by to. Wed. impossibility of interpreting the transmission of wishes # She says I didn't pester her(the only possible interpretation is ‘She denies that molestation is taking place’), # She insisted that we understood her correctly(the only possible interpretation is ‘She claims that we understood her correctly’).

Verbs of speech ( talk, chat, weave), mental predicates with the meaning of unreliability ( seem, wonder) and some other verb classes can also control clauses with book conjunctions as if And as if, indicating the unreliability of the information being reported:

(147) What are you telling me, as if play nothing but Tchaikovsky! [WITH. Spivakova]

(148) So it seems to us, as if stars are falling. ["Murzilka" (2003)]

(149) Rumors spread as if Another monetary reform is coming. ["Results" (2003)]

(150) It seemed as if A whole family of grasshoppers has taken up residence in an abandoned child's coffin. [YU. Dombrovsky]

For verbs of perception it is often possible to control a stylistically neutral conjunction How: see how; hear how; watch how and so on.

Verbs with a volitive meaning are typically controlled by a stylistically neutral conjunction to: want to; demand that; ask that etc.:

What can introduce facts or opinions, but not situations; Wed know that… And count…, but not * watch that.

How introduces situations, but not facts and opinions: watch how, but not * know how[in the meaning of an explanatory conjunction] and not * count how.

To, as if And as if cannot enter facts (cannot * know to, *know as if, *know as if).

Explanatory conjunctions What And How must be distinguished from allied words, which, unlike conjunctions, are members of a subordinate clause, subordinate directly to the verb in the subordinate clause; also, unlike conjunctions, they carry a phrasal accent:

(151) I know ¯ What\ we need to do, I saw, ¯ How\they treat her.

Due to their semantic unsaturation, explanatory conjunctions can be omitted: I know (that) he has already come.

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In general, this meaning has its own, quite numerous lexical means of expression - therefore, because, therefore- however, they are adverbs, not conjunctions (cf. their ability to be used with conjunctions - and therefore, and therefore, and therefore).

Syntactically conjunctions if only And if only have a complex nature. On the one hand, they combine the properties of conjunctions and particles (cf. the possibility of use in combination with other coordinating conjunctions - but if only, but if only); on the other hand, they combine the properties of coordinating and subordinating clauses: in example (77) if only forms a dependent clause, like a typical subordinating conjunction, and in example (78) it joins in combination with the conjunction But an independent clause, while the dependent clause contains another concessionary conjunction - let.