THE SIGN OF EQUALITY IN THE FIELD OF COMPARABILITY OF THE ANDI LANGUAGE

Abstract

The morphological expression of the comparative semantics in the Andi language is considered. A category similar to the degree of comparison of the adjective and the Russian adverb expressing a sign of inequality in the field of comparability is absent in the Andi language. Here the grammatical expression receives the sign of equality in the forms of the names of the compared objects. In the case paradigms of the Andean and other Dagestan languages, in the researchers’ opinion, there is a special segment of forms designed to grammatically express the equality of the compared phenomena according to adjective, adverbial and quantitative grounds. Affixes discussed in the descriptions of Dagestani languages are considered as particles, the material proposed in the article gives reason to consider them as ordinary grammatical affixes. This interpretation of the means of expressing comparative semantics in the Andi language is proposed for the first time.