Constructions with the Application in Language and Speech: Semantic and Functional Approach

Abstract

In modern studies of linguistic science concerning the syntax of a complicated sentence, applications are not specifically considered, but only mentioned in connection with the study of separate definitions. For the system description of the syntax structure of the language, it is necessary to clarify the syntax status of the application, to develop criteria for distinguishing applications from the actual definitions, to describe the ways and means of communication of separate applications with a basic sentence, to identify their semantic-functional specificity, not only at the level of the proposal but also at the level of text. All this determines the relevance of the stated topic. The article raises and solves the problem of determining the status of an application as a syntactic unit that semantically and structurally complicates a simple sentence; develops criteria for distinguishing the application from the actual definitions; describes the specifics of the functioning of separate applications at the level of the sentence and text; proves that the application goes beyond the isolated sentence due to the fact that the application becomes a kind of reporting point for subsequent deployment of thought.