FUNCTIONING OF CONJUNCTIONS OF CONDITION IN HANDWRITTEN TEXTS OF TOBOLSK DOCUMENTATION OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

Abstract

The article raises a problem of functioning of conditional conjunctions in handwritten texts in office records of the former capital of Siberia, the city of Tobolsk, in the second half of the 18th century. The main objective of the study is to show the process of the formation of the grammatical system of the Russian language in the Russian outskirts using the example of conditional conjunctions in the structure of complex subordinate sentences. The paper explores the theory of studying conjunctions in linguistic literature and analyzes all types of conditional conjunctions found in the selected material, focusing on their origin, structure, semantics, and functioning in sentences. The research aims to address an important issue in the history of the Russian language: the formation of grammatical norms and the role of handwritten business documents in regional archives.