On the Investigation of Taste Adjectives in Linguistics

Abstract

The article investigates different opinions expressed in general and Azerbaijani linguistics connected with the definition and semantic volume of the adjective as a part of speech. The consideration of issues related to words denoting quality and property of a noun, quite different opinions of the world linguists allow us to conclude that there are almost identical and fairly controversial picture in the investigation of the adjective as a part of speech. One of the semantic groups of adjectives, i.e. taste adjectives has been repeatedly investigated in modern linguistic researches on the basis of a particular language, as well as of different languages. Although researchers paid considerable attention to the adjectives denoting taste, a number of issues such as the words attributable to the structure and scope of microfield denoting taste which included the words of quality have not been solved yet. First of all, it should be noted that the terminological units used for naming adjectives that are included in this area reflects the diversity. In different languages taste adjectives are named under different terms. The outcome of the study could be useful in teaching semantic groups of the adjective.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p303