THE PROBLEM OF THE DISTINCTION OF THE MEANINGS UNCERTAIN QUANTITY, APPROXIMATE QUANTITY, PROBABLE QUANTITY AND THE MEANS OF THEIR REALIZATION IN THE MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The research is devoted to the problem of the definition and differentiation of the meanings uncertain quantity, approximate quantity and probable quantity. In the work the language units of various levels - morphological, lexical and syntactic, used by native speakers with the purpose of the approximate description of the objects and phenomena of the world are considered.

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• Published: November 11, 2008.

Keywords

• термины «неопределенное количество»
• «приблизительное количество»
• «вероятное количество»
• морфологический, лексический и синтаксический уровни языка
• описание предметов и явлений окружающего мира
• terms "uncertain quantity", "approximate quantity", "probable quantity"
• morphological, lexical and syntactic levels of language
• description of subjects and phenomena of the world

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