Adjectives of width parameter in English and Tatar languages

Authors

  • Liliya Abdullina

Keywords:

parametric adjective, parameter width, frequency, operation synonym

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the functioning of the adjective width parameter in English and Tatar languages. The ratio of adjectives is 2.4 in English and 4.5 in Tatar, which indicates the low frequency of the antonym pair “narrow” in Tatar. The most frequent word combinations in English are wide road; wide belt, wide street, but their total frequency is 2-3 times lower than the most frequent expressions in Tatar language kin kaesh, urman, yul. When analyzing quantitative data it is necessary: firstly, to take into account the combining potential; secondly, to take into account synonymous turns.

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Published

2019-09-09

Issue

Section

Linguistics and intercultural communication