Khaliman O. Morphological means of expressing the category of estimation in modern Ukrainian language: Gender and Number

Object morphological means of grammar of estimation in Ukrainian language; aim to find out and characterize the potential of grammatical meanings of Gender and Number as the morphological means of expressing the category of estimation in modern Ukrainian language; methods: descriptive, statistical, modeling, linguistic experiment, analysis of lexical definitions, component, contextual, comparative analysis, selection, casual election; novelty systemic analysis of grammatical meanings of Gender and Number as the morphological means of expressing the category of estimation was implemented that is an appropriate step to the creation of grammar of estimation; results theoretical base of necessity of the creation of grammar of estimation is substantiated, the peculiarities of the process of grammaticalization of the estimation in the projection on the grammatical categories of Gender and Number are found out, at the same time the bases of isolation of notions zero grammatical meaning, grammatical precedency are argued; means of appearing of ludism (mechanisms of language play) for the expression of estimation meanings with the assistance of grammatical meanings of Gender and Number are described in the aspect of linguistic functionalism, their pragmatic functions with the aspectual taking into account the peculiarities of the usage in functional styles of Ukrainian language, speech practice of Ukrainian people are represented; area morphology, axiological pragmalinguistics