Теория эллиптических предложений в отечественной русистике: систематический обзор

Abstract

The aim of the review is to summarise scientific knowledge on the theory of elliptic sentences in Russian grammar. At the same time, the author identifies two main areas in the study of elliptic sentences based on the degree of their independence as syntactic forms. The paper examines the main problems of the theory of incompleteness and ellipticity in linguistics from its inception to the present, analyses the scientific and educational literature on this issue, assesses the current state and current issues of the theory of ellipsis. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the conducted review systematises research on the problem from a new perspective and also determines the current state of the issue. As a result of examining the evolution of Russian linguists’ views on the problem of syntactic incompleteness, relevant structural and semantic features of an elliptic sentence were identified. The review shows that modern linguistics has developed an understanding, on the one hand, of the semantic and structural self-sufficiency of an elliptic sentence and, on the other hand, of its fundamental difference from incomplete speech forms.