Abstract:
The article focuses on the factors that cause linear and vertical sentence extension of multiple complex-compound sentences used in English fictional literature. Considering the sentence structure as a combination of 2 Units – paratactic and hypotactic the authors define the structural peculiarities of paratactic and hypotactic units including the number of clauses and its bonds. The extension of paratactic unit within multiple complex-compound sentences in most cases depends on structural, semantic, contextual factors. The authors introduce the method of combinatorial potential computation of multiple composite sentences to define theoretically possible models and to compare them with probability models.
Machine summary:
Introduction Different approaches to the study of the multiple compound-complex sentences in Modem English lead to revealing the essence of the composite sentence in general and its types in particular.
Attention was given to minimal structural models of the compound-complex sentence, their classification and structural and semantic peculiarities (Vasilenko, 1958; Kholodov, 1965; Kalashnikova, 2012; Kashisaz & Mobarak, 2018; Ukhanov, 1981).
Examining modal meanings expressed by the modal verbs in the multiple compound-complex sentences they admit that this type of a composite sentence represents the combination of different types of modality rather typical in Modem English (Rakova & Eschenko, 2011; Aziz & Abdolghader, 2018).
Some papers deal with the interrelation of idioms and syntactic constructions represented by Multiple Compound-Complex units which is considered with regard to the correlation of the structural and communicative aspects of syntax.
Therefore, the objectives of this study are to single out the factors that cause linear and vertical expansion and reveal structural and communicative potential of Multiple Compound-Complex Sentence used in English fictional literature.
We present a new approach to the analysis of a multiple compound-complex sentence, by providing it as an integration of two parts: hypotactic and paratactic complexes, each having specific characteristics and different structural and information potential.
3. Results and Discussion Each subject-predicate phrase (block) of a multiple compound-complex sentence is graphically presented by a model with a combination of rectangles and circles, a rectangle denoting two things: a principal clause of a hypotactic complex and a coordinate clause of a paratactic complex; and a circle standing for a subordinate clause.