DYNAMICS OF THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF EXPLANATORY-SEPARATING CONJUNCTIONS

The article examines the history of the presentation of explanatory and separating conjunctions in grammatical theory and educational practice, it clarifies the peculiarities of their use in functional and stylistic varieties of Ukrainian literary language in different periods of the 20th and 21st centuries. The paper established the active use of the conjunction зосібна as an explanatory-separating conjunction with nouns, the names of persons and non-persons, in the first half of the 20th century, its subsequent removal from Ukrainian usage and reactualization in language practice of the first twenty years of the 21st century. The absence of explanatory-separating conjunction такі як (таких як, таким як, такими як і т. д.) in grammars and study courses of the Ukrainian literary language of the 20th century was found, however, it was noted a fairly rapid return of this conjunction to the language of Ukrainian mass communication in the 21st century. An expansion of the stylistic range of the conjunction як ось instead of як-от has been observed. A conclusion was made about the dynamics of the composition and style parameters explanatory-separating conjunctions in the Ukrainian literary language 21st century, caused primarily by their reactualization.