The theory of oppositions
Very popular in grammar studies is the theory of grammatical oppositions. This theory principally lies at the base of all established grammatical categories.
The opposition is a generalized correlation of language units forms by means of which a certain category of function is expressed
The opposition(the members) must possess 2 types of features:
Common features serve as the basis for constant while differencial features express the category of function in question.
e.g. let’s take an opposition table-tables
The common feature of this opposition is the expression of the category of number
The different features are oneness or singularity in the 1st memder and more-than-oneness or plurality in the second member.
The theory of oppositions was formulated by the chech linguist Trubeckoy in phonology. Then this theory was successfully transferred and applied in other aspects of language.
Trubeckoy established 3 types of oppositions:
Dostları ilə paylaş: | 
