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INTERPRETATION IN EXPLANATORY CONSTRUCTIONS REPRESENTED BY ADJECTIVES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

INTERPRETATION IN EXPLANATORY CONSTRUCTIONS REPRESENTED BY ADJECTIVES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


Author:  I.L.Ashmarina

Abstract:  The article focuses on the appended (explanatory) modifier as a syntactic component of the sentence. The appended modifier is viewed as part of a syntactic explanatory construction. The arti-cle describes the mechanisms which create interpretative evaluative meanings due to the appended modifier represented by adjectives . This process is evidence of interpretation being one of the major language functions.

Keywords:  appended modifier, explanatory modifier, particularization, metaphor, metonymy, interpretation, author, speaker, explanatory construction, evaluation.

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Pages:  450-456

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