FUNCTIONING FEATURES OF ADJECTIVAL VOCABULARY IN THE ENGLISH, TURKISH AND TATAR LANGUAGES

Sharaeva G. Z.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of adjectival vocabulary in the English, Turkish and Tatar languages. This vocabulary has a complex structure, which is represented by motivating, conceptual and expressive features. A systematic approach to the study of adjectival representatives of lexical units structures the identified lexemes and reflects the specifics of their functioning. The implementation of expressive features in the language occurs with the help of conceptual stylistic devices, such as metaphors, sometimes with the help of metonymy, which is explained by the abstract nature of the vocabulary under study. The source of the figurative meaning is the universal codes of culture. The significance of similar groups of features in English, Turkish and Tatar is different. The split and multicomponent nature of adjectival vocabulary is an indicator of its great importance in the minds of speakers of these languages under study.

Keywords:adjectival vocabulary, synonymic and antonymic groups of adjectives, concept, conceptual metaphor and metonymy, lexical polysemy