The Functioning of Impersonal Sentences in a Journalistic Style
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5008-2024-1-69-84
Abstract
Aim. To consider the specifics of the functioning of impersonal sentences in a journalistic style based on the material of portrait essays published in the Arkhangelsk regional newspaper “Pravda Severa” in the 1970s–80s.
Methodology. By the method of continuous sampling from newspaper texts, impersonal sentences were isolated and distributed according to structural and semantic varieties. The features of the functioning of various types of impersonal sentences in portrait essays are consistently considered.
Results. The analysis has shown that impersonal-modal sentences expressing various relations between the detached subject and the action are the most frequent in newspaper texts, among them are constructions serving the modality of necessity, while the subjective component is often not really represented in them. Impersonal sentences help to express the author’s attitude to the described, to create a convincing speech characteristic of the central figure of the publication, to convey the conditions for the implementation of a particular situation.
Research implications. The theoretical significance lies in the disclosure of the figurative-expressive and emotional-expressive potential of impersonal sentences in a journalistic text. The practical significance of the article materials is due to the possibility of their use in the practice of teaching philological disciplines.
About the Authors
S. V. Nezgovorov
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey V. Nezgovorov – Postgraduate Student, Department of Literature and the Russian Language, Branch in Severodvinsk
nab. Severnaya Dvina 17, Arkhangelsk 163002
A. V. Petrov
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Petrov – Dr. Sci. (Philological Sciences), Assoc. Prof., Prof., Department of the Russian Language and Speech Culture
nab. Severnaya Dvina 17, Arkhangelsk 163002
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