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Semantic and Syntactic Peculiarities of Sentences with the Comparative Marker Like in Modern English
- Authors: Smirnova L.A.1
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- Kazakh National Research Technical University named after K. I. Satbayev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Issue: No 2(883) (2024)
- Pages: 93-100
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/317065
- ID: 317065
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Abstract
The article presents the results of the semantic and syntactic analysis of the comparative construction with the marker like. It has been found out that this construction can perform the functions of the predicative, adverbial modifier of manner, adverbial modifier of comparison and attribute, and is characterized by the syncretism of meanings. The author describes the factors that help differentiate the adverbial modifier of manner and the adverbial modifier of comparison.
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Lyudmila Arsenyevna Smirnova
Kazakh National Research Technical University named after K. I. Satbayev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Email: smirnovalyudmila@hotmail.com
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages Project Management Institute Kazakh National Research Technical University named after K. I. Satbayev
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