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Abstract. The article deals with the realization of the special optative meanings ??in the utterances with the so-called yes-construction. During the analysis of the optative utterances the author uses the texts from different periods of the Russian language, reveals the special optative meanings with yes-construction and identifies the specificity of its use. The term yes-construction being the central for this work is borrowed from the grammars of the Macedonian and Bulgarian languages to denote the construction consisting in Russian of the particle yes + presence of perfective and imperfective aspect.

Key words and phrases: русский язык, оптативное значение, да-конструкция, религиозный дискурс, лексикализация, the Russian language, optative meaning, yes-construction, religious discourse, lexicalization