Evaluative potential of adjectives in English
- Authors: Chekulai IV1, Prokhorova ON1
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Affiliations:
- Belgorod State National Research University
- Issue: No 3 (2013)
- Pages: 97-104
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9304
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Abstract
The article deals with the peculiarities of objectivation of speech evaluation by means of the adjectives in English. The main problems appearing in connection with the actual evaluative content are investigated.
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About the authors
I V Chekulai
Belgorod State National Research University
Email: chekulai@bsu.edu.ru. olgitsa2010@yandex.ru
English Language and Methods of Teaching Department
O N Prokhorova
Belgorod State National Research University
Email: prokhorova@bsu.edu.ru. olgitsa2010@yandex.ru
English Language and Methods of Teaching Department
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