TYPES OF IMPERSONAL SENTENCES IN THE TEXTS OF UDMURT WRITTEN RECORDS OF THE 19th CENTURY

The article is devoted to the study of the functioning of types of impersonal sentences in the texts of Udmurt written records of the nineteenth century based on the translations of the Gospels (1847) into Glazov and Sarapul dialects. The purpose of the work is to identify and classify the structural types of impersonal sentences, as well as to analyze their semantic and functional features. The analysis of texts performed using continuous sampling, descriptive and comparative analysis methods allows us to conclude that the syntactic structure of the Udmurt language of the mid-nineteenth century was represented by a wide range of structural types of impersonal sentences and generally coincides with its current state. Impersonal sentences in their structure may contain the following constitutive units: third person singular verbs, the participles with - но / - оно elements, the verb луыны ‘to be', потыны ‘to seem', syntactic constructions of the verb яраны ‘to allow', потыны ‘to desire, to want' with other verbal units, the participle with the element - мын , syntactic constructions containing the predicative adverb кулэ ‘necessary' and the infinitive form of the verb. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the verbal unit marked with the indicator - скозъ , which is a contamination of the reflexive suffix - ск (- ы -) / - ськ (- ы -) and the indicator of third person - з : басьтыскозъ ‘will be taken away', сіотыськозъ ‘will be given', etc. It is emphasized that this indicator is not typical for the modern Udmurt language. The results of the study contribute to the study of the history of Udmurt syntax, allow for a deeper understanding of the semantic originality of impersonal constructions and can be used to study the syntax of Finno-Ugric languages in synchrony and diachrony.