%A ?. ?. ?????? %J ?????? ????????????? ?????????? ???????????? ????? ????? ?????? %T Functional Macrofield of Likening in Modern English. Structural Types of its Constituents %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. %N 17 %P 235-238 %D 2004 %I ???-?? ??? ??. ?.?????? %L zu22042