FEATURES OF OMISSING THE ARTICLE IN N+de+N CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE MODERN FRENCH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article examines the factors influencing the design of phrases like N+de+N, in which the definite article may be present or absent. When choosing an option with or without an article, it is proposed to take into account a number of factors on which the use or omission of the article in a phrase depends. The need to take into account the peculiarities of the functioning of these structures in communication and speech is especially emphasized. In order to increase the reliability of the study, not only examples from written statements are used for analysis, but also audio materials: the soundtrack of a number of documentaries in French. The article shows the need for an integrated approach to the study of the structural and semantic characteristics of phrases; it is proposed to take into account the different semantic load of each of the two nouns – components of the phrase, which is directly related to the use or omission of the article in it. The choice of the variant of the phrase that most corresponds to the communicative intentions of the speaker also poses a serious problem for students of the French language, especially for speakers of languages in which the article is absent, and its inherent meanings are expressed by other means. Therefore, the study is of interest not only from the point of view of language theory, but also from the point of view of methods of teaching the French language.