%0 Journal Article
%@ 2076-6173
%A Сасіна, В. П.
%D 2004
%F zu2:2042
%I Вид-во ЖДУ ім. І.Франка
%J Вісник Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка
%N 17
%P 235-238
%T Functional Macrofield of Likening in Modern English. Structural Types of its Constituents
%U http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/2042/
%X Comparison (likening) is one of the main ways of cognizing the objective reality. On different language levels comparison (likening) as an operation of thinking, acquires a broad variety of material forms the totality of which makes up the functional macrofield of likening. This macrofield is a system, which possesses several universal features inherent in system as such. The article deals with two functional fields: the field of comparativeness and the field of metaphor. The structure is regarded on paradigmatic and syntagmatic levels.