Two-component communicative metamodels and their difference from minimal and extended schemes of Russian syntax

   The purpose of the study is to describe a two-component communicative metamodel as an independent unit of syntax, different from the extended and minimal structural scheme of the sentence.

   The scientific novelty of the work is the fact that previously such metamodels were not considered as part of the syntax theory of the modern Russian language.

   We identified these patterns in the process of teaching Russian grammar to inophones. In our opinion, metamodels as a minimal element of communication, represent the necessary abstract form, which includes typical semantics and grammar. In the article, we propose use metamodels to significantly simplify the understanding of Russian by international students, which means they have important methodological significance. Their introduction into scientific circulation is determined by the practical need for the modern teaching process, which is getting increasingly remote. As a result, the article attempts to prove that there is a concept of a metamodel as a minimal abstract unit that comprises a formal expression and content. In the process of teaching international students, such typical samples more clearly demonstrate the grammatical form and semantic content of modern communication. This article lists the main characteristics of this syntax unit. They allow you to distinguish it from an extended and minimal sentence scheme. The article presents the hierarchy of communicative metamodels: two-component, two-component – infinitival and single-component type. Low-frequency minimum metamodels are subsumed into a separate group. The article focuses on two-component non-infinitive metamodels and describes how a typical form expresses the necessary communicative content of the utterance. A logical conclusion is made that these units are able to solve a centuries-old dispute in the syntactic theories of the modern Russian language: how a formal expression can reflect a semantic meaning and vice versa.

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