Abstract
The issue of incomplete sentences has been long attracted more scientists. There were no special works devoted to incomplete sentences. The main significant research of this matter were the thesis of A.N.Nazarov and the work of I.A.Popova. I.A.Popova, at the conclusion of her work, comes to the pessimistic conclusion that it is impossible to give a satisfactory definition of incomplete sentences based on a grammatical structure, as well as the impossibility of putting forward clear criteria for dividing sentences into complete and incomplete[1].This conclusion largely depended on the fact that the definition of incompleteness for a long time was based not on structural-grammatical, but on semantic features. So A.N.Nazarov believed that semantic incompleteness allows defining incomplete sentences and their criteria. Since these conclusions were made, the issue of incomplete sentences and many other problems related to it were investigated thoroughly.
 Nevertheless, many questions of the theory of incomplete sentences still remain unresolved, their structure and peculiarities, also the relationship between various linguistic factors have not been completely clarified.
Highlights
A clarification of the concept of incomplete sentences and definition of complete sentences in general, because only through shared understanding can be built the concept and definition of incomplete sentences as a private matter of theory question in the sentence.The definition of the sentence has caused and still causes numerous disputes and interpretations between linguists of different directions, but even between the ones that are in one direction, and a satisfactory solution to this question has not been found yet
We will continue to rely on the definition given by the Academic grammar of the Russian language, which, from our point of view, www.psychologyandeducation.net most fully covers the different sides of the sentence and which we use as a “working definition”: “A sentence is a grammatically formed integral unit of speech, which is the main means of forming, expressing and communicating thoughts
Like T.P.Lomtev, we believe that the difference between incomplete sentences and complete ones is not dependent on the absence of certain positions, but in the fact that “they are presented negatively, i.e. they are not represented by separate verbal forms” [11]
Summary
A clarification of the concept of incomplete sentences and definition of complete sentences in general, because only through shared understanding can be built the concept and definition of incomplete sentences as a private matter of theory question in the sentence.The definition of the sentence has caused and still causes numerous disputes and interpretations between linguists of different directions, but even between the ones that are in one direction, and a satisfactory solution to this question has not been found yet. Like T.P.Lomtev, we believe that the difference between incomplete sentences and complete ones is not dependent on the absence of certain positions, but in the fact that “they are presented negatively, i.e. they are not represented by separate verbal forms” [11]. Incomplete sentences are correlated with complete sentences by the presence or absence of a verbal form in a particular position.
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