“IN SEARCH” OF ONE-MEMBER VERBAL SENTENCES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (IN COMPARISON WITH BULGARIAN AND RUSSIAN)

VOL. 60, BOOK 1, PART А, 2022, pp. 512 – 521 Full text (Bg)

Author: Tsvetelina Yovcheva

Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

Abstract
The types of one-member sentences in the English language are not studied in depth in the scientific works of the recent past. Moreover, these structures seem to be totally neglected in contemporary research. Our article aims to focus the attention of the linguists on one-member sentences and to outline the problem areas in their study. The main purpose of this publication is to prove the existence and
use of definitely-personal and generalized-personal one-member sentences in English. Imperative sentences are used as examples of such. They are compared to similar one-member structures in Russian and Bulgarian.

Key words: one-member sentences, definitely-personal one-member sentences, generally-personal one-member sentences, imperative sentences