title: Evaluative Dichotomy in the Russian Language and its Reflection in Fiction&#x0D;Texts (Based on Alexander T. Tvardovsky’s Collection of Poems&#x0D;«Motherland and Foreign Lands»)
abstract: The article discusses the evaluative dichotomy in the Russian language and its realization in the fiction text. It determines the possibility of using the term «dichotomy» as regards linguistic assessment. The paper links dichotomy of assessment&#x0D; to the binary perception of the world by humans. The writer points out differences between the category of evaluation and modality, expressiveness and emotiveness. The article focuses on the main parameters of assessment, they are attachment&#x0D; 
journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University