SPECIFIC FEATURES OF STUDYING THE CATEGORY OF GRADUALITY IN MODERN LINGUISTICS

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF STUDYING THE CATEGORY OF GRADUALITY IN MODERN LINGUISTICS

Author:  Kraeva I. A.

Abstract: 
The article considers the main issues of studying the category of graduality at the present time, and, in particular, specific features of this process in modern English. Special attention is paid to the relationship of the category of graduality with related linguistic categories - those of quantity and quality, evaluation, intensity, etc.

Keywords:  cognitive linguistics  ◆  graduality  ◆  intensity  ◆  expressiveness  ◆  evaluation