Context–modal function of antonyms

Abstract

The article analyzes the activity of antonyms in the context, which contributes to the expansion of the ways of forming a subjective modality. It is proved that in the language environment, antonymic units can literally characterize subjective modal shades, being within the framework of a single sentence, but in this case, the semantic background, the stylistic function of these units are limited, and only at the level of the text, context, it is possible to comprehensively analyze the multidimensional function of antonyms in distinguishing the modal meaning. The function of lexical, grammatical units is differentiated in that that the meaning is completely, precisely defined only in the context of the text. As a result of linguistic analysis, it is proved that antonymic units in the structure of the text have the ability to integrate with other patterns, semantically develop, and change. It is established that in the transformation of modal shades, antonyms are transformed based on structural-grammatical, semantic and cognitive motives and on the possibilities of the context. Results and comparisons in the scientific article facilitated to draw important conclusions about the category of modality in Kazakh linguistics.