Adnominal and verbal constructions in works of writers and publicists of the second half of 18 century

In the article the ratio of alternative forms of the genitive case as a part of non-prepositional adnominal and verbal constructions in art and publicistic texts of the second half of the 18th century is considered. The forms of the genitive case in our sources are used in combination with verbs of various semantics and grammatical signs. The semantic field of verbs definitely influenced the choice of the ending of the words which were combined with them. For example, the verbs and verbal forms with the meaning of deprivation, removal have the dominating ending -А: "берегитесь моего порока", ''другие покоя сами беспокоились', "бояться мрака', "гнушаюсь я торговли вида". The genitive case of quantity, assuming a combination with verbs, the action of which is limited by time or is turned not to the whole subject but only to a part of it is associated with the ending -У, for example: ''оставил после себя капиталу", ''поставил льну", ''пить меду''. Some structural features of verbs promote realization of the idea of partial quantity: intransitive verbs with prefix на- and postfix -ся determine the forms of the genitive case with the ending -А of abstract nouns (''наполнился мой слух пронзающего гласа") and the forms with the ending -У - of uncountable nouns ('напиться чаю"). The same meaning of the genitive case is observed in a few impersonal constructions the structure of which includes the forms of the nouns on -У. The most acceptable is the ending -У for the words with uncountable-collective meaning. If nouns with ending -А have abstract semantics this ending dominates in combination with all semantic groups of verbs. There are many more adnominal constructions of the genitive case than verbal ones in our materials. Almost all possible meanings of the case are realized in them. The use of the endings -А and -У associates with certain semasiological categories. Parallel forms are observed in constructions with the genitive case of quality, for example: ''человек нраву крутого'', ''она таковаго ж роду", ''шесть душ мужскаго и женскаго полу", "человек приятного вида", ''человек простого нрава", ''друга... разумного и женского пола", ''сосудов разного рода". For the genitive of accessory in many cases the ending -A is used, for example: ''при темноте вечера", ''посмешищем всего города", ''при дверях гроба", "грома глас''. This meaning of the adnominal genitive case also associates with many forms on -У, for example: ''блеску тень'', ''у ворот боярского дому", "льну неурожай'', ''жизнь утехи и покою". The genitive of the subject is generally presented by the forms with the ending -A for example: ''мщение закона', ''опасение целаго народа", "на посмеянье света'. The inflection -A dominates in forms of the nouns governed by cardinal numerals. A certain connection is traced between the meaning of the adnominal genitive case and semantics of the noun used with this or that ending.

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