CATEGORY OF NEGATION AS GENERAL SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON

Abstract

The article presents a study of the category of negation as general scientific phenomenon. The rechearchers touch upon the problem of disclosing the content of the notion negation. The purpose of the work is to review scientific sources and approaches to the study of the category of negation in linguistics and other sciences regarding the essence of the category of negation. Syntactic, pragmatic, cognitive and other aspects of the study of the category of negation are considered in the article. The authors used the descriptive method and the method of linguistic observation. The relevance of the research topic is the interest in linguistic negation, insufficient study the category of negation. The practical significance is the possibility of using the results of the study as a basis for further researches. During the study the following conclusions are made: category of negation as general scientific category has independent status and is immanent in all languages. The category of negation, logic and philosophy are closely interrelated. This category often becomes an object of study in linguistics and other sciences. The study of category of negation and its means to express in languages of different structure is prospective.