CATEGORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION

affirmation and negation, modality, category, implicit negation, “zero” category, litotes.

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In reflecting reality, along with the category of confirmation, the category of negation is no less important, but each of them has its own characteristics. The article briefly examines the relationships and features of these categories, the features of the transition from negation to affirmation, from affirmation to negation, their connection with the category of modality, as well as lexical and grammatical means reflecting negation in the language.