Particle conjunctions in northern Russian dialects (complex with l-, n-particles, initials i-)

In contrast to the literary language, in which for the past two centuries a number of conjunctions with differentiated meanings (in the event that, for the reason that, due to the fact that, etc) has increased, the dialect speech continues to preserve simple structures. Some of them, the so-called particle conjunctions, are recorded in Russian regional dictionaries. New lexemes developed as a result of agglutination of ancient elements - particles *i, *li, *no and others appeared under the influence of the Wackkernagel law. The work, from the standpoint of synchronous-diachronic approach, considers structural and semantic characteristics of the unions, 2-4 component clusters (lexemes consisting of 2-4 particles), reveals their genetic relations and areal distribution in Slavic languages. The study revealed that the ili cluster is widely used in the Northern Russian dialect as well as in other dialects. Ancient, two component conjunctions have multiple parallels in Slavic languages and are used in the Old Russian language. Multifunctional ili continues to be used in the Modern Russian language. Ternary clusters il’no and others are used in Russian dialects, although they are not registered in the Old Russian records. As a result of accession of the third component, n-particle, a secondary meaning, namely the meaning of consequence, developed. Quaternary clusters (il’nok, etc.) with the meaning of consequence also appeared in southern dialects. No changes in the semantics, in case of accession of the fourth component, were observed.