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SEMANTIC FEATURES OF ADJECTIVAL MODIFICATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Dina Aronovna Aksel'rud
Pyatigorsk State University
Submitted: October 1, 2016
Abstract. This article is an attempt to explain the modification processes in the nominal group of the English language from cognitive perspectives. It reveals the multi-directionality of semantic influence of adjectives in its structure and determines the phenomenon of exo- and endo-modification that are conditioned by mereological and contextual characteristics of the head of nominal group and its position in the structure of a sentence and discourse.
Key words and phrases:
модификатор
когнитивно-семантические параметры именной группы
композиция Adj+N
кроссдоменное свойство
экзомодификация
эндомодификация
семантический адвербиальный определитель
modifier
cognitive-semantic parameters of nominal group
composition Adj+N
cross-domain property
exo-modification
endo-modification
semantic adverbial qualifier
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