This study focuses on the use of real nouns that do not have a plural form or the formation of these forms is variable. The object of the study is nouns that do not have a plural form or the formation of these forms is variable. The subject of the study is the peculiarities of the functioning and semantics of the category of number in nouns. After defining key terms, we analyzed examples from the National Corpus of the Russian Language in which these nouns appear. The study was conducted on the material of the National Corpus of the Russian Language, namely on 21st century texts from the oral subcorpus. The practical significance of the study is that its results can be used in lecture courses on Russian grammar, as well as in practical classes in Russian as a foreign language. The theoretical significance lies in the fact that its results can contribute to the understanding of the functioning of nouns in modern Russian, since they describe the discrepancy that exists between the norm and usage. The results obtained can be applied at various stages of studying the Russian language, as well as in courses on morphology.

CIHORIC S.

Master of Philological Sciences, international student specialist, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Serbia

Е-mail: sandra.cihoric@fbn.unibl.org, https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6155-7355

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Russian language, grammar, nouns, number category, variability, norm, usage