of “Intelligentsia and cruelty” by G. V. Pryakhin
For the first time, a semantic-functional and structural analysis of the linguistic structure of
the work of G. V. Pryakhin, a Russian journalist, writer, and publisher, is undertaken.
Pryakhin’s works are interesting not only for their problematics and depiction of contempo-
rary reality but also for the originality of the linguistic organization, with the story “Intelli-
gentsia and cruelty” taken as an example. A large number of various subject-expressive forms
of syntax are found to be used in one work. The focus is on the structural-semantic and func-
tional features of parcelation, one of the brightest subject-expressive syntactic tools with
which to realize the author’s artistic goals. The analysis allowed the following conclusions to
be made. First, both simple and complex sentences prove to be parceled. Simple sentences
have their main and secondary members parceled. Parceled in complex sentences are the se-
cond parts of compound and conjunctionless subordinates, subordinate parts of complex sub-
ordinates, and parts of complicated structures, thus creating complex syntactic wholes. Se-
cond, the parceled structures in the text under consideration contribute to conveying lively
speech and creating a touch of informality, help a narrator deliver emotions, create gradation,
provide additional information about the subject of description, as well as perform expressive-
characterological and expressive-emphasizing functions. Also, they serve as a powerful tool
for drawing the reader’s attention to more meaningful information and manipulating the read-
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of “Intelligentsia and cruelty” by G. V. Pryakhin // Сибирский филологический журнал. 2023. № 1. Pp. 286–296. DOI: 10.17223/18137083/82/21.