GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PART-OF-SPEECH HOMONYMY IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article examines the general characteristics of part-of-speech homonymy in the Russian language. Special attention is given to the morphological, syntactic, and semantic factors that lead to the emergence of homonymous forms functioning as different parts of speech. The study analyzes the role of context in distinguishing homonymous forms and explores the historical processes of grammaticalization that contribute to this phenomenon. Examples from modern Russian demonstrate how homonymy between adjectives, participles, adverbs, prepositions, and substantivized infinitives affects syntactic structure and stylistic expression. The research concludes that part-of-speech homonymy is a dynamic and essential feature of Russian grammar, reflecting its flexibility and evolutionary development.