Comparative analysis of the study of complex syntactic constructions in English linguistics

  • PhD, Associate Professor, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. Uzbekistan, Samarkand

DOI

https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol3-iss5-pp250-261

Keywords

Complex syntactic constructions , semantic analysis , derivation , intercomponent relations , communicative-pragmatic unit

Abstract

This article examines theoretical and practical aspects of complex syntactic constructions in the study of English syntax. Syntactic derivation — the process of forming complex sentences, including their structural mechanisms and semantic properties — has long attracted researchers’ attention. The author analyzes the views of prominent linguists (M.A.K. Halliday, Ch. Matthiessen, J. Miller, S. Greenbaum, M. Tallerman, N. Burton-Roberts, R. Jackendoff, A. Radford, B. Blake, B. Aarts, R. Carter, W. Croft, and others) in the study of complex syntactic constructions in English. The article argues that complex syntactic constructions should be considered not only as grammatical structures but also as communicative-pragmatic units. It systematically analyzes the integrative, functional, and derivational properties of the components that form complex sentences and highlights the distinction between parataxis (coordination) and hypotaxis (subordination).

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Comparative analysis of the study of complex syntactic constructions in English linguistics

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Khamrayeva, Z. 2025. Comparative analysis of the study of complex syntactic constructions in English linguistics. Foreign Linguistics and Lingvodidactics. 3, 5 (Sep. 2025), 250–261. DOI:https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol3-iss5-pp250-261.

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Linguistics and intercultural communication