Discussion points of the theory of inserted components

Abstract

The article analyses the problem issues in the modern theory of inserted components. These components are actively used to implement the subjective-author’s story model. First of all, the emphasis is placed on the inappropriateness of the use of the established terminology phrase «inserted construct». If it taken to the account the meaning of the lexical unite «construct» (construction, building, assemblage), it’s obvious that one-component syntactic isolated part of the sentence shouldn’t be named the inserted construct. Besides, not every combination of components can be named as phrase or word-combination. Special attention is given to explorations that use the terms «inserted construct» and «inserted components» as the synonyms. The paper actualizes the data about the inserted components which are the graphic representation of the evaluative (epistemic, emotional) function, which illustrate the level of confidence / uncertainty in the truth of the information, which express different emotions and attitude of the sender to message (surprise, admiration, disgust, disagreement etc.). It’s defined that question and exclamation mark (or marks) is used in this role more often. The inserted components are considered from the communicative aspect of sentence’s structure that the intonation of the insertion is connected with. It is specially noted that the intonation includes melody, intensity, duration of sound, phrasal and logical stresses, rhythm, timbre, pauses. One more problem question is outlined from described peculiarities: how can we recognize the intonation of the insertion in the writing? The investigation demonstrates that the presence of double punctuation marks isn’t enough criterions for demonstration of the category of the insertion and the functional load. A variety of approaches to recognizing / not recognizing the grammatical connection of various samples of inserted components with the main sentence is represented. The relevant contradictions are described with particular attention. There are not only in different researches but there are within the same exploration. It is emphasized on the necessity of studying the functional variety of inserted elements.