BINARY TENSE SYSTEM IN KAZAKH, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES

Authors : Ta MERKIBAYEV, Np SAPARKHOJAYEVA, Sha SHORTANBAYEV

Pages : 30-39

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Publication Date : 2019-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The article analyzes the representation of binary tense system in Kazakh, Russian and English languages. The binarity as the universal law of perception of all things is reflected in categorization of the surrounding world, in contradistinction of various phenomena of language and at the conceptual level. The peculiarities of absolute and relative time representations in grammatical category of tense are analyzed; the oppositions of connection at the level of two interrelated categories of aspect and tense in Russian, Kazakh and English languages are defined. The field approach with the analysis of semantic and metaphorical oppositions have been applied here in order to research the category of tense. The nuclear conceptual and semantic oppositions, their national linguistic peculiarities connected with polychronism and monochronism of the examined cultures are defined. In lexical and phraseological `representation of time` the metaphorical component is allocated with such models as `time – eternity`; `time – river/water`; `time – space`; `time – man`; `time – female`; `time – animal` where the binary nature of human perception of surrounding reality is also exhibited.
Keywords : opposition, binarity, category, aspect, function, time, fundamental concept, absolute time, polichronous, monochronic, grammatical category, language units, temporality