Complex Sentence in the Light of Linguistic and Methodological Concepts of Professor Ivan Cherednychenko

Aim of investigation. The article is devoted to the relevant issue of domestic science – to bring back into active use the works of those Ukrainian linguists who aimed to identify the specifi c features of the Ukrainian language at the lexical and phraseological levels, in the fi elds of phonetics and grammar, and in the focus of linguistic stylistics. In this aspect, the attention is focused on the fi gure of Professor Ivan Hryhorovych Cherednychenko – a well-known syntactician, dialectologist, stylist, and linguodidactician. Emphasis is placed on the importance of establishing the signifi cance of his scientifi c heritage as a distinct milestone in the history of Ukrainian linguistic science. The purpose of this scientifi c study is to determine the main facets of the scientifi c and methodological activities of the outstanding scientist, the founder of the syntactic school of Chernivtsi University. Novelty. For the fi rst time, the specifi city of a complex sentence in the syntactic concept of I. Cherednichenko was analyzed. The research methodology is based on general scientifi c methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as on specifi c linguistic methods – descriptive with techniques of classifi cation and generalization of linguistic facts, logical comparison. The conclusions state: I. Cherednychenko is an undisputed authority in the fi eld of scientifi c syntax, having demonstrated his expertise since his doctoral dissertation. His methods and approaches to analyzing the syntactic structure of the Ukrainian language teach adherence to the principle of evidence in expressing one’s thoughts, attention to logic in making observations and formulating conclusions, and constant monitoring of the style of presentation to ensure the text is understandable to the interested reader. The theoretical postulates of Ivan Cherednychenko regarding the features of complex sentences are still referenced by contemporary syntacticians such as I. Vykhovanets, A. Halas, K. Herman, N. Huivaniuk, I. Zavalnyuk, N. Ivanytska, S. Yermolenko, A. Zagnitko, O. Kulbabska, M. Skab, R. Khrystianinova, and others. The syntactic works on the specifi city of complex sentences have rightfully entered the fund of the best achievements of philological science, demonstrating the genesis of the formation of the syntactic system of the Ukrainian language on a national basis.