The semantic syncretism of compound sentences of segmented structure.

Abstract

The article studies the representants of inner grade common categorial synchronous transitivity – the compound sentences that demonstrate semantic syncretism. The specific complex sentences of segmented structure are described, their variety is analyzed, the validity of their qualification as syncretic entities is reasoned. Semantic syncretism of compound sentences, the essence of which is a combination of semantic and syntactic relations of compound sentences of one structure type – undifferentiated or differentiated segmented structure – is grounded. The author determined and analyzed the following types of syncretic compound sentences of differentiated segmented structure: of purpose and cause, of cause and purpose, of quantity and consequence, of condition and time, of time and condition, of time and cause, of comparison and cause, of comparison, cause and purpose, of condition and cause, of comparison and supposition, of comparison and quantity, of quantity and cause.