TY - JOUR ID - zu22042 UR - http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/2042/ IS - 17 A1 - ??????, ?. ?. Y1 - 2004/// N2 - 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. PB - ???-?? ??? ??. ?.?????? JF - ?????? ????????????? ?????????? ???????????? ????? ????? ?????? SN - 2076-6173 TI - Functional Macrofield of Likening in Modern English. Structural Types of its Constituents SP - 235 AV - public EP - 238 ER -