THE FUNCTIONING OF THE LEXICALIZED WORD FORM К ПРИМЕРУ ‘FOR EXAMPLE’ IN TEXTS

Abstract

The article discusses the syntactic functions of a functional unit к примеру ‘for example’ in Russian and the types of contexts in which it functions. The article is the first to show that к примеру always indicates a plurality of situations. It has been established that the word form к примеру is characterized by two types of syntactic structures, with the help of which the named plurality is formed: structures with enumeration and structures with the conjunction или. It is suggested that the design of a textual connection with a service complex к примеру – или can be considered as one of the textual models. It is proved that к примеру, expressing the relationship between the general and the particular, acquires a text-forming function and, depending on the conditions of functioning, can be qualified either as a text clip or as a clip-phrase. The position к примеру between two statements and the specific intonation, which is transmitted in writing by a full point, a colon and a dash, are signs of the clip-phrase.