Интонационный принцип русской пунктуации и его применение в формулировках правил

The article briefly reviews the history of the intonation principle in Russian punctuation. It is shown that, despite its spontaneous partial consideration in the early period of the formation of Russian punctuation, its theoretical justification and inclusion in the list of punctuation principles occurred only in the 20th century. The actual status of this principle in the current punctuation rules is characterized as paradoxical, since the declaration of reliance on the intonation principle is not supported by its real consideration in the wording of the rules. Using an example of a group of rules governing the setting of the m-dash in a binominative sentence, it is shown that relying on the intonational marking of communicative components in a sentence can considerably simplify and reduce the formulation of rules.