PERCEPTION OF THE NOTIONS PART OF SPEECH, WORD AND LOCATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN BRITISH LINGUISTIC TRADITION OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

The article deals with studying the problem of opposition word – part of speech in British linguistic tradition together with studying the concept of locative construction in modern linguistics. While during the 19th century word was defined from logical and semiotic approaches, in the 20th century structural grammar appeared and syntactic criterion became dominant, which is shown in the article. As far as locative constructions are concerned they are seen from the point of view of neo-Firthian approach. Two types of them are identified – alternating and non-alternating.