The unification of the divided or the separation of the united are two sides of the whole. In human perception, the word “association” is most often associated with the plus sign, and “separation” with the minus sign. Why this happens is unknown. One thing is clear that stereotypes acquired during life or, on the contrary, stereotypes from childhood prevent us from seeing the plus in the plus and the minus in the plus. It limits. This makes it difficult to see the truth. This makes it impossible to touch the beauty. Today we’ll talk about such a linguistic phenomenon as parcellation in the Russian language, and make sure “firsthand” that separation, breakdown, separation is also beautiful, interesting, talented and marvelous.
What is parceling?The term “parcellation” is literally translated from Latin (parcellatio) as “division” and from French (parcelle) as “particle”. In linguistics, this is a stylistic device, which is an intentional, deliberate division of a sentence into several separate parts: “The child grows up. He lets go of his mother’s hand. Takes a step. Your first step. Caution. Hesitantly. The first victory. ”; “I hear someone strangled sobs. Someone is crying. Barely audible. Crying and calling ... ”The given examples are a parcel construction, which consists of a base part and parcels. They are interconnected in meaning. The sentence “The child is growing up”, as well as “I hear someone’s choked sobs” are the basic or basic structural elements that are its semantic centers.
“He releases his mother’s hand. Takes a step. Your first step. Caution. Hesitantly. First victory "; “Someone is crying. Barely audible. Cries and calls ....... ”- parcels - fragments, segments that appeared as a result of dismemberment. They are separated from the base with intonation, in written speech with a dot, question or exclamation marks, less often with a semicolon or semicolon.
Parceling should not be confused with attachments that are members of complex sentences. They contain additional information or clarification, a comment that combines them with the parcels, but they are usually in the middle or at the end of the sentence, separated by commas and accompanied by words such as, for example, even, thus, mainly and so on: “I loved our conversations, long, deep, sincere, especially in the evenings.”
The main functions of parcel in the text
With the question of what is parcellation, or, to be more precise, what is parcellation in the Russian language, we figured it out. However, an essential and important issue is the functioning of parcellation in speech and text. In oral speech, it is used unconsciously. In the fiction text, parcel constructions are an authorial technique that carries the following functions:
- creation and allocation of a new rema;
- visual function - emphasizing individual details, description, fixing the reader’s attention at each stage of the action, stretching the action ("She stood up abruptly. She went to the table. She sat down. I thought. Quickly wrote the first line. " );
- characterological function - imitation of a person’s internal monologue, his emotional state ("He ran, stumbling and falling. Just to be in time. Not to be late. Faster. Even faster. " );
- emotional-excretory function ("You? Me? Must something? It can't be! " - he said, shrugging his shoulders);
- expressive-grammatical function - changing the relationships between the members of the sentence.
In conclusion, I want to note that we can talk a lot about what parcellation is, list its main functions, argue and find out the nature of its occurrence ... This is undoubtedly interesting and informative, but this is only a theory. Dry. Fresh. Tasteless (She began to use parcels). And I want something bright and "appetizing." Therefore, I would like to end the topic “What is parceling” with the most striking example and often quoted poem by Aleksandr Blok:
“ Night, street, street lamp, pharmacy. Meaningless and dim light. Live at least a quarter century, Everything will be so. There is no outcome.
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