ACTIVE PARTICIPLES IN RUSSIAN COLLOQUIAL SPEECH

Abstract

This article examines the functioning of active participles in Russian colloquial speech. The relevance of this study is determined by changes occurring in modern spoken communication, as well as the expansion of oral communication in the context of digitalization. The aim of the study is to identify the structural, grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic features of the use of active participles in oral speech, determine their frequency, and determine their functional meaning. The article analyzes colloquial speech, literary dialogues, and media texts. Descriptive, comparative, and functional analysis methods are used. The study found that active participles are used significantly less frequently in spoken language than in written language, due to a tendency toward simplification of syntactic constructions. Participial clauses are replaced by subordinate clauses, as well as a reduction of morphological forms. Typical patterns of functioning of present and past tense active participles are identified.

The results of the study can be used in teaching Russian, including as a foreign language, as well as in courses on functional grammar and stylistics.