MEANS OF EXPRESSING EVALUATION OF INTELLECT IN THE MEDIA (using the example of the Guardian texts)

Abstract

The article discusses the specifics of the implementation of the evaluation category in English using the example of the means of expressing the evaluation of intellect in media texts. Purpose of this study is to analyze the features of expressing the evaluation of intellect by means of the English language. Methods and methodology of work: along with general linguistic methods, the authors used methods of definitional, component and contextual analysis. Results: the means of expressing the evaluation can belong to different levels of the language. They include lexical, stylistic, derivational, syntactic and graphic means. The article examines how these tools are used to express the evaluation of intellect on the example of the texts of articles from the world-famous newspaper The Guardian. We have identified, classified and analyzed various linguistic means of expressing the evaluation of intellect. The analysis was carried out both from the point of view of frequency and from the point of view of their overall role for expressing the evaluation of intellect. The leading means of expressing the evaluation of intellect was identified, and a detailed analysis of its specificity of expressing the evaluation was carried out. Practical implications: the results obtained can be used for further study of the means of evaluation of intellect in English.

Keywords

• evaluation
• assessment
• intellect
• lexical means
• stylistic means
• derivational means
• syntactical means
• graphic means