Mikhalchuk, N. A. INDIRECT SPEECH REALIZATION OF IMPERATIVE INTENTION IN RUSSIAN PROSE OF THE XX AND XXI CENTURIES. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(1):9–17. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1260


Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia

INDIRECT SPEECH REALIZATION OF IMPERATIVE INTENTION IN RUSSIAN PROSE OF THE XX AND XXI CENTURIES

Mikhalchuk
N. A. 		Belarusian State University
Keywords:
indirect communication
indirect speech act with imperative meaning
communicative intention
sub-junctive mood		 Summary: This study is the first to identify the distinctive features of speech representation of imperatives expressed as declarative statements with a subjunctive verb form within Russian prose of the XX and XXI centuries, analyzed across six chronological periods. The research demonstrates that the following characteristics depend on the period in which a literary work was produced: (1) the frequency of indirect verbal manifestations of imperatives; (2) the prev- alence of instances where directive and expressive meanings are combined; and (3) the way of conveying pejorative meaning in imperative statements. The aim of the article is to explore the specific features of how imperatives are re- alized indirectly in speech through declarative statements containing verbs in the subjunctive form in Russian prose of the XX and XXI centuries in a diachronic aspect. The relevance of this study stems from the lack of a comprehensive and systematic diachronic description of indirect speech realizations of imperatives within literary texts. The study employed methods such as contextual analysis, analytical and synthetic approaches, as well as quantitative, compara- tive, and philological methods. The findings reveal several trends in Russian prose across the specified centuries: (1) a decline in the frequency of declarative statements with subjunctive verbs used as imperatives, decreasing from 14% to 1%; (2) the actualization of speech forms that combine imperative and expressive pejorative meanings in texts from the 1930s to the 1970s; and (3) the dominant influence of such factor as the “character’s social status” on the author’s choice of speech model.



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