Expletive constructions and their emotive function in the novel “Zuleikha opens her eyes” by G. Yakhina

The paper considers the expletive constructions expressing the emotions of characters in G. Yakhina's novel "Zuleikha opens her eyes". Most of the expletive structures that perform an emotive function characterize the experienced speech of the main characters, namely Zuleikha and Ignatov, with predominating negative emotions, which can be explained by the development of the action. Some lexical features of expletive constructions in the speech of the main characters are brought to attention. It is emphasized that emotive inserts in the novel appear against the background of both emotively colored and stylistically neutral basic part of the sentence. It follows, that the constructions under consideration help the author to reveal the characters’ inward in its evolution.