Abstract
<p>The article has been written on the basis of comparative-typological method in the study of the English and Azerbaijani languages belonging to different language systems. The main aim of the investigation is to discover different shades of gradual meaning of adjectives in the both languages.</p><p>The article studies peculiarities of gradual antonyms. It is revealed that distinguishing feature of the given class of words is graduality of their opposition where the utter members of opposition have maximal degree of feature. The placement of other words, for which middle degree of feature is typical between these members, is allowed.</p>
Highlights
Among the units of expression of the language exist different ties
One of the types of antonyms formulated on the basis of opposition which is called gradual antonymy needs further investigation in the typological-comparative plan, on the materials of English and Azerbaijani languages
Antonymy appears as a result of opposition, contradiction, feature, between the language units or as a result of existence or absence of quality, or as to certain features of two language units, which complete each-other
Summary
Among the units of expression of the language exist different ties. One of the types of ties is formulated on the basis of contradiction, opposition supplementing each-other. Such units, establishing pair, stand in the opposite to each-other poles, such pairs are called antonymous pairs. Antonyms possess other type of units in which intensification and weakening of contradictions between the units, standing in opposite poles to each other, makes it possible for the placement of other units between them. The phenomenon of antonymy has been widely studied in linguistics. One of the types of antonyms formulated on the basis of opposition which is called gradual antonymy needs further investigation in the typological-comparative plan, on the materials of English and Azerbaijani languages
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