The article “On the category of negation in Medieval English literature” deals with the main aspects of expressing the category of negation in Medieval English literature, based the example of the “Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer. Among the most productive ways we mention negative affixes, negative pronouns, negative adverbs, mononegation and polynegation at the syntactic level.

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Особливості текстотворення крізь призму семіотики літератури Text-creation in the light of literary semioticsАнотація. У статті проаналізовано специфіку літературного твору за допомогою семіотичного підходу до розгляду тексту як культурного конструкту зі своєю специфічною структурою, семантичним навантаженням та прагматичною функцією. З'ясовано, що структуралісти розглядають літературний текст поза культурним контекстом, ізольовано, беручи до уваги лише його структурні елементи, що функціонують у межах певної мовної системи. Натомість у постструктуральній фазі літературний твір розглядається у контексті різноманіття культурних кодів, що впливають не тільки на структуру самого тексту, але й на його сприйняття читачами. Охарактеризовано завдання семіотики як наукового підходу до здійснення цілісного дослідження літературного процесу, що передбачає вивчення трьох векторів тексту: семантичного, синтаксичного, прагма-

The negation in logic and linguistics, negation as a grammatical category on the morphological and syntactic levels are substantiated in the article. It is concluded that in broad semantic terms negation can be expressed in morphologic and syntactic ways in natural language. On the morphological level, negative affixes paradigm and separate parts of speech are taken into consideration, while on the syntactic level the whole negative sentence that includes one or more than one negator is observed. Negation is expressed using affixes that have explicative and implicative components in their meaning. Authentic affixes preserve the semantic meaning of the words they etymologically derive from, giving the word they join to, a special shade of negation. The main source of enrichment of the negative affixes paradigm and their new meaning are affixes borrowed from other languages. The study of the category of negation on different levels in diachronic aspects can help to observe the development of particular parts of speech, which can express negation, and serve as a base for further studies of negation in the different discourses and communicative situations.

Linguistic analysis of the text is viewed as a language learning strategy in conditions of distance learning as well as in the process of regular classes. The results of the study conducted during the emergency (the quarantine) are presented in the article. The peculiarities of linguistic analysis of the text as a language learning strategy are highlighted in the article. Principles and methods of linguistic analysis of the text are considered in the study. The scheme of linguistic analysis of the text has been a key feature of the course in its application to varieties of texts according to their stylistic features. The mechanisms leading to realizing the process of linguistic education by its participants applying the language learning strategy are clarified. They consist in the deliberate combination of face-to-face and online learning activities providing for presentation of theoretical material as in the form of lectures as in independent and individual work of students. The experience of applying the course Basics of Linguistic Analysis in the process of linguistic education are generalized due to thorough choice of methodology in the process of presenting the material, conducting practical classes and carrying out control of the results of learning throughout the course. The prospects of professional development of future philologists by means of the linguistic analysis of the text are presented in the article.