ON THE CHANGE OF VALUES OF POSTNOMINATIVE APPENDICES IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION IN THE MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ОБ ИЗМЕНЕНИИ ЗНАЧЕНИЙ ПОСТНОМИНАТИВНЫХ ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНЫХ В ПРОЦЕССЕ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ В СОВРЕМЕННОМ АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ

S.M RADJABOVA, Azerbaijan University of Languages
2021 Балтийский гуманитарный журнал, № 1(30) 29.02.2020  
This article deals with the changes of the meanings of the post nominal adjectives in the process of transformation in the modern English language. In the English language the adjectives can perform the function of predicative. For the semantics of the adjectives which have the predicative function, these adjectives are characterized by inner qualitative diversity. Mainly, qualitative adjectives refer to classical predication and denote the feature of the object directly. Such adjectives have
more » ... re features of predication. The predicative sign of the adjective, the presence of a connotation of subjective assessment determine its semantics and use. There are differences between the constructions used in the predicate function in phrases that perform the function of the subject and in the altered form of word phrases related attributively and predicatively. The predicative relation is the immunest form of syntactic connection and in predicative connectives the structural restriction in comparison with attributive constructions is extremely limited. Adjectives as predicative words do not have denotation and reference, they have no denoter, there is a signification. Basing on their indicative characteristics, it is possible to present all the possible semantic features. For the English language it is characteristic the use of the attribute before the defined word. The development from a special sign of thought to a general concept is characteristic for the whole structure of the English language; it is even possible to observe it in word formation. In most cases, taking into account the use of the adjective in the function of an attribute, the terms like postpositional (post nominal) and prepositional (prenominal) adjectives are used.
doi:10.26140/bgz3-2021-1002-0085 fatcat:ru7b3opd4bferc6b7zhnjp2fby