PARENTHETIC CONSTRUCTIONS IN SERGEI DOVLATOV’S WORKS

Abstract

Parenthetic constructions is an important syntactic mechanism of creation the language game in Sergei Dovlatov’s works. The purpose of the analysis is to determine the specific features of parenthetic constructions, used in creation the comic effect in Sergei Dovlatov’s literary works in terms of the formal, structural and functional aspects. In terms of the formal and structural features of parenthetic constructions, the dominating ones in the writer’s works are the parenthetic constructions, expressed by the sentence, and the interphrasal parenthetic constructions, respectively. In terms of the functional aspect of using this mechanism, the typical functions of the parenthetic constructions in Sergei Dovlatov’s works are the ironic function, the function of destroying the reality, characterizing, attitudinal-comparative and punning ones.