Unions in Russian: description and classification

All parts of speech are divided into independent and official. The first are the most important.

They are the basis of linguistic diversity. The latter perform an auxiliary function. Such parts of speech include alliances. In Russian, they serve to link independent parts of speech. There are also special rules for their use. In addition, such parts of speech can be divided into species. What are the unions in Russian? The answer to this question you will find below.

What are alliances?

In the Russian language, this part of speech is intended to unite the homogeneous members, as well as parts of a complex sentence, and simultaneously express the semantic relations between them.

Unlike close prepositions, unions are not fixed for any case. All of them are classified for various reasons. Thus, in their structure, unions are divided into two types: simple and composite. The first consist of one word (or, too), and the second - from several (because, since then).

Main classification

There is one more reason for dividing the types of unions in the Russian language. The table fully reveals the essence of this classification.

In addition, all unions can be divided into non-derivative (and, how) and derivatives, that is, formed from other parts of speech (in spite of).

Punctuation moments

There are special rules, according to which it is determined whether to apply any punctuation mark or not. As a rule, it is often a question of a comma. It is always put before the union, but afterwards. It should be noted that, despite the similarity of some parts of speech, one can not apply the same rules to them. Thus, alliances and prepositions that sparkle the Russian language, though they have much in common, are nevertheless characterized in different ways. Let us return to the rules established directly for the part of speech that interests us. So, a comma before alliances is necessary if they are adversive ("She was not angry, she even cried out"), paired ("Whether it's snow, or rain") or subordinates ("I'll come if you Call "). In addition, this punctuation mark is needed if you share parts of a complex sentence ("Spring has come, and the starlings have arrived"). If the union joins homogeneous terms, then a comma is not required ("Green and blue balls rushed to the sky"). These are the general rules for using this part of speech on writing. If you write a comma before the union, then a pause should be made in the speech to this place.