LINGUISTIC UNIVERSALS AS THE FOUNDATION OF COMPARATIVE RESEARCH

The article is devoted to linguistic universals as one of the most important term typology and foundation comparative research.
 Purpose. analysis aimed at tracing history emergence formation universals, well analyzing available definitions classifications on basis synthesis views famous linguists authors’ own observations, determining place verbal constructions with an aspectual meaning in system universals.
 relevance research due constant interest scientists particular languages a product universal thinking, discovery new need for their description systematization.
 material texts translations Ossetian folk tales into Russian, English Turkish.
 Materials methods. methodological study theoretical literary sources, comparison, generalization, systematization оf empirical data.
 Results. concludes that there no unambiguous interpretation and, consequently, are different approaches definition depending volume phenomena covered by this term. Discrepancies set tools implementing meanings compared can be explained peculiarities structural typological organization each specific language.
 Practical implications. results used routine didactic processes, contributing improvement methodology teaching practical course languages, grammar, translation theory.