Abstract
We constantly assess other people, objects, phenomena, and events around us. The process of evaluation is based on a set of values pertaining to an individual and on certain norms and traditions of the society. The use of certain language means expressing people’s attitudes may shed light on such complex cognitive process. Evaluative adjectives are frequently used and form an integral part of the world view in conceptual and language aspects. The present paper provides the results of syntactic, semantic, functional and pragmatic peculiarities of evaluative adjectives in fiction.
Highlights
The main function of human language is communication by means of coding and decoding information
The latter are directly connected to the speaker and show his/her attitude towards reality. When it comes to evaluation and axiology, such part of speech as adjectives traditionally comes to the foreground
The preposition group in the garden in Ruth is in the garden functions as an adverbial phrase, but the preposition group in good health in Ruth seems in good health serves as an adjectival phrase, and the preposition group to Mary in Ruth gave the map to Mary is a nominal phrase [16]
Summary
The main function of human language is communication by means of coding and decoding information. The information is processed and transformed into certain mental representation in human consciousness and that process is constantly accompanied by language development. Being reflected on language level, values are verbalized with the help of special evaluative words. The latter are directly connected to the speaker and show his/her attitude towards reality. When it comes to evaluation and axiology, such part of speech as adjectives traditionally comes to the foreground. Adjectives most often express evaluation in language
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