Study of the Phenomenon of Polyfunctionality in the Course of Russian as a Foreign Language (Based on Comparatives bigger/more, better, shorter/anyway).

The article features the peculiarities of presenting the phenomenon of polyfunctionality in the course of Russian as a foreign language (RFL). The article is based on Elena Bryzgunova’s concept, which considers polyfunctionality as the possibility of a word-form to realize its different particle potential in different syntactic conditions. The article pays special attention to the description and presentation of the work with polyfunctional comparatives better, bigger / more, shorter / anyway at the second certification level with students of philology. The article offers exercises for working with the most relevant realizations of these comparatives for the designated level. The focus is on the fact that the proposed exercises precede communicative activity, i. e. they are aimed at the formation of linguistic and speech competence. The described methodological materials can be used both in general and in nationally oriented teaching of Russian as a foreign language.