Komlyk N. Formal-grammatical and semantic-syntactic typology of coordinating phrases in the modern Ukrainian language

The dissertation presents the conceptual foundations of distinguishing coordinating phrases as independent syntaxes in the system of the modern Ukrainian Language, conducts a comprehensive analysis of their differential features, develops a detailed classification of these units at the level of form and content, taking into account their functional load and semantic specificity. It establishes the topic’s relevance, sets forth the goals and objectives, defines the object, subject, and methodology of the research, links the dissertation to scientific programs, agendas, and themes, presents the source base, reveals the scientific novelty and practical significance of the obtained results, as well as outlines the forms of validating the study’s results. The scientific novelty of the dissertation lies in the departure from the traditional postulates regarding the interpretation of subordination as the only means of generating a word phrase. Instead, a new concept is proposed, according to which the tool for creating a word combination can be the coordinate syndetic and coordinate asyndetic relation. The coordinating phrase occupies an intermediate place between the word and the sentence, which, in turn, determines its specific features: since the word is the means of creating a phrase, and the sentence is the medium of functioning, there is a regularity in which sentence parameters are superimposed on those inherent in the word. One of the manifestations of this tendency is the acquisition of the nominative function of the communicative nature by the phrase. It is noted that even at the stage of generation, words and phrases are units of different levels, since words represent phonetic and morphological patterns of word formation, while phrases embody syntactic features of word combinations. The lines of intersection of word combinations and sentences are also clearly revealed. The dissertation proposes the innovative typology based on theories of the syntactic series, syntactic paradigm and semantic dependence. The correlative parameters between the syntactic series and the phrase are revealed, which made it possible to differentiate the coordinating syntaxes into polar, peripheral and combined types. The researched units are classified into coordinating phrases of extended, narrowed, syncretic series and combined type. Similar to a sentence, each type of coordinating phrase has its own word-formation and word-change paradigms. The derivation paradigm is represented by three functional zones according to the following parameters: possibility of component permutation; limitation / non-limitation; homogeneity / heterogeneity. The word-change paradigm has two directions of manifestation: the first is related to the possibility / impossibility of synonymous modification of the means of conjunction, and the second is related to the set of word changes of each of the components. A systematic study of the representative field of the outlined paradigms has made it possible to identify invariant and variant models within each type. The dissertation proves the semantic dependence between the constituents of the coordinating phrase, the factors of which are compatibility, distribution, intention and valence. The interaction and mutual influence of the formal-grammatical and semantic-syntactic levels results in the formation of connotative shades that are superimposed on the dominant relations initially generated by the coordinating conjunctions. At the level of copulative relations, three main shades are stratified: the list itself; the negative list; the semantics of temporality. Typical manifestations of disjunctive relations are: actual disjunction, alternative disjunction, order of precedence, a shade of ultimatum. Contrastive relations within the framework of the coordinating phrases can acquire the following gradation: contrarian type; contrast with elements of complementarity; compensatory type. Typical adjunctive (connective) relations are proper complementation, complementation with a connotation of sequence, complementation of consequence, complementation with an expressive effect, accentuation of certain details, complementation with a gradation effect, complementation with a connotation of remark. The shades of gradational relations depend on the semantic strength of the constituents, so they are characterised by two varieties: a weaker component plus a stronger one or a semantically stronger component plus a weaker one, with the direction of gradation remaining ascending. One of the results of syncretism is the functioning of combined coordinating phrases, which at the formal grammatical level can be divided into several simple ones, but at the semantic level have a complex meaning. The practical significance of the dissertation is that the results of the study can be used in textbooks on the morphology and syntax of the modern Ukrainian language, as well as in the research work of philologists.