ATTRIBUTIVE SENTENCE EXPANDERS: GRAMMATICAL NATURE AND SEMANTIC MULTIDIMENSIONALITY

Abstract

The article presents a functional-grammatical analysis of the attributive component as one of the principal means of the modificational syntactic strategy within the structure of a sentence with expanders. The attributive is characterized as a sentence-expanding element that performs a specific structural and semantic transformation of the substantival base, while simultaneously activating its cognitive, interpretative, and pragmatic parameters. Within the framework of contemporary linguistic paradigms, particularly functional grammar, it is demonstrated that attributives operate within the syntactic periphery of the sentence, yet constitute a significant part of its semantic core by participating in the thematic-rhematic structuring of the utterance. The study outlines the typological diversity of attributive constructions observed in contemporary Ukrainian syntax, taking into account their morphological representation, structural complexity, and semantic multidimensionality. A general classification of the primary forms of attributive expansion is proposed, covering both elementary and syntactically complex models that display a high degree of adaptability to contextual and communicative conditions. Special attention is paid to the positional mobility of attributive expanders: the functional roles of pre-position, post-position, and medial placement are analyzed, each modeling distinct communicative-pragmatic vectors of the message. It is revealed that the positional variability of attributives serves as an indicator of the speaker’s stylistic intention and reflects the dynamics of the syntactic periphery as a zone of secondary but semantically relevant elements. This research confirms the multifunctionality of the attributive expander: in addition to its nominative-modificational function, it also performs evaluative, qualificational, relational, interpretative-cognitive, and stylistically marked roles. Based on the material of contemporary Ukrainian literary discourse, the study demonstrates how attributive constructions function as text-forming elements contributing to the construction of the author’s conceptual world. The findings support the conclusion that the attributive in modern syntax acts as a full-fledged carrier of conceptual information, representing the linguistic worldview through the lens of syntactic periphery.