Interpretation potential of an explanatory construction (based on the example: <i>ya govoryu, chto...</i> (<i>i say that...</i>))
The purpose of the article is to study the semantic content of a complex explanatory sentence with a subordinate object. The example of one construction is taken to reveal possible variants of the interpretation of the modus meaning of the main predicative unit. The author examines the functioning of the construction “ya govoryu, chto” (I say that) in the speech mode of interpretation. It is known that the construction “ya govoryu, chto” expresses speech, which is obvious and that’s why this construction should be implicit. Explication of the meaning of speaking signals either about the specific features of the communicative situation, or (more often) about additional pragmatic tasks. Among the pragmatic tasks of using the studied construction, the author of the article distinguishes the following: clarification of your communicative intention; contrasting your point of view with another; strengthening categorical, insisting on your point of view; reduction of categoriality, guess and motivation of the utterance. The possibility of this construction to express the speakers’ reflection on their speech activity is noted, while the construction is used as an “apology” for the choice and use of non-traditional language tools, for linguistic creativity. The presence of distinguished meanings is verified by introducing negation. The author comes to the conclusion about using this construction in speech to optimize the communication process in situations capable of leading the speaker to a communicative failure.