Negative constructions with “Hem” (no) influencing the choice of the genitive form of nouns

Lydia Ogorodnikova,Yulia Ryndina

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20196900086

Abstract

The article presents a further study of the genitive case variant inflection distribution in inanimate masculine nouns, found in fiction and journalistic texts of the second half of the 18th century. The focus is on the double negation in impersonal-predicative constructions with the word “no”. The relevance of the study is due to the persistent ambiguity of the choice of the genitive case form of words. The novelty is due to the literary sources created during the norm-establishing phase of the Russian literary language development. The article describes forms of the genitive case that have existed in the Russian language for a long time. The authors interpret the mechanism for choosing the genitive case by the authors of fiction and journalistic texts. The authors argue that a negative construct as a syntactic factor has little effect on the choice of the genitive case. The article discusses results of the comparative analysis of noun forms with A- and y-endings. In all types of negative constructions, the A-ending predominates, whereas the y-ending is observed in adverbial constructions and emphatic negations. A classification of structural types of negative sentences with genitive forms was developed.

Highlights

This article is part of a series of works devoted to variant forms of the genitive case of inanimate masculine nouns used in the works of Russian writers of the second half of the 18th century [1, 2])
The problem of choosing the genitive form in negative constructions is analyzed in the works by many scientists ; these forms used in Russian literature of the XVIII century are understudied
The choice of the genitive form in negative constructions determines the belonging of a noun to a certain lexical and grammatical category

Summary

Introduction

This article is part of a series of works devoted to variant forms of the genitive case of inanimate masculine nouns used in the works of Russian writers of the second half of the 18th century (fiction and journalistic genres) [1, 2]). The article is devoted to the role of one of the syntactic factors, namely: negative constructions with the lexeme нет, constructions with a double negation and impersonal-predicative words. An analysis of the language material allowed us to draw reliable conclusions about the distribution of genitive inflections in negative constructions with the word нет, a double negation, impersonal-predicative words.

Literature review

Distribution of genitive inflections in double negation sentences

Genitive forms in sentences with impersonal predicative words

Conclusion