Typology of adjective linerialization (on the material of English and Kabardino-Circassian languages)

The article discusses the linerialization of adjectives in a typological aspect. The approach to the arrangement of adjectives in multi-system languages is not accidental. The study tests the hypothesis that native speakers, regardless of linguistic orientation, trigger the same or similar thought processes at the cognitive level. Examples from English and Kabardino-Circassian languages are chosen as contrasting ones. The issues raised in the paper are of interest both from a practical and theoretical point of view. For example, it is known what difficulties linguists have to face interpreting nouns used in the definition function, which affects the work of lexicographers and teachers engaged in educational activities. The researchers determined during the research that the English language has a unified position regarding how the hierarchy of prepositive adjectives in syntagmatics is built. An analysis of examples from the Kabardino-Circassian language shows that their attribution influences the distribution of adjectives to different classes – relative or qualitative. Relative adjectives are located to the left of the vertex word (preposition), and qualitative adjectives are located to the right (postposition). In general, the idea is confirmed that the linearization of adjectives is universal, while preserving a certain specificity for each language.

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