Typology of adjective linerialization (on the material of English and Kabardino-Circassian lan-guages)

The article discusses the linerialization of adjectives in a typological aspect. The approach to the arrangement of adjectives in multi-system languages is not accidental. The study tests the hypoth-esis that native speakers, regardless of linguistic orientation, trigger the same or similar thought processes at the cognitive level. Examples from English and Kabardino-Circassian languages are chosen as contrasting ones. The issues raised in the paper are of interest both from a practical and theoretical point of view. For example, it is known what difficulties linguists have to face inter-preting nouns used in the definition function, which affects the work of lexicographers and teach-ers engaged in educational activities. The researchers determined during the research that the Eng-lish language has a unified position regarding how the hierarchy of prepositive adjectives in syn-tagmatics is built. An analysis of examples from the Kabardino-Circassian language shows that their attribution influences the distribution of adjectives to different classes – relative or qualita-tive. Relative adjectives are located to the left of the vertex word (preposition), and qualitative adjectives are located to the right (postposition). In general, the idea is confirmed that the lineari-zation of adjectives is universal, while preserving a certain specificity for each language.