Kazakov, V. P. GRAMMATICAL OBSERVATIONS OF D. N. KUDRYAVSKY AND MODERN RUSSIAN: ON THE DECLENSION OF UNCHANGEABLE NOUNS. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2023;45(4):8–12. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2023.900


Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia


GRAMMATICAL OBSERVATIONS OF D. N. KUDRYAVSKY AND MODERN RUSSIAN: ON THE DECLENSION OF UNCHANGEABLE NOUNS

Kazakov
V. P.
Saint Petersburg State University
Keywords:
grammar
declension of nouns
indeclinable nouns
loanwords
analytism
Summary: The purpose of the article is to consider the observations of D. N. Kudryavsky on the declension of loanwords with vowels in the word-final, made in the book “Introduction to Linguistics” (1912), taking into account the current state of the grammatical system of the Russian language. In modern Russian, indeclinable nouns in the aspect of inflection are presented as a special grammatical norm. The increase of analytism in the grammatical system of the Russian language strengthened the position of the zero declension of noun names. At the same time, in artistic speech, the expressive using of changeable forms of such nouns is observed. In this regard, the appeal to the observations of D. N. Kudryavsky and his comments seems relevant. The article also draws attention to the perception of changeable forms of indeclinable nouns in the second half of the XX century – the beginning of the XXI century. The assumption made at the beginning of the XX century that the changeable forms would become normative did not materialize. How-ever, D. N. Kudryavsky with his observations outlined the stylistic potential of unchangeable borrowed nouns.




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