Functional characteristics of distributive repetition verbs in the work “Dark Alleys” by Ivan Bunin

Abstract

The article describes function specifics of distributive repetition verbs in the work “Dark Alleys” by Ivan Bunin. The author analyzes both the paradigmatic and syntagmatic characteristics of verbs in a certain context, which makes it possible to identify both the vocabulary changes under the influence of context, various kinds of meaning increments and the idiosyncrasies of the writer. The purpose of the work is to investigate the functions of distributive repetition verbs with the prefixes rac/ras-, pere-, s- taking into account both individual characteristics and the specifics of the verb class to establish the specifics of the author’s idiosyncrasy. The article concludes that the semantics of the verbs with the considered prefixes determines their linguistic behavior in a particular text. We have established that the verb word multiplicity is motivated both by the type of the verb and its communicative rank and taxonomic class. The major feature of our research is that we consider distributive repetition verbs in a certain context, revealing their textual characteristics and their role in revealing the author’s intention. We use the descriptive method in our research, focusing on the contextual analysis of distributive repetition verbs. In addition, in the process of our research into the functional-semantic field of distributive repetition, we used the functional-semantic and stylistic methods of analysis, considering the functions of plurality verbs at different language levels.