STATE AND MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE STUDY OF PRONOUNS IN RUSSIAN AND ABAZA LANGUAGES
Analysis of scientific literature on the problems of pronouns in Russian and Abaza language shows that in Russian studies, and in Abaza linguistics discussed issues related to parts of speech status of pronouns and their distribution according to the lexical-semantic categories. Unlike the Russian language, in Abaza linguistics quantity of these discharges, according to different scholars, ranging from two to nine. In the course of the work, the author, using the experience of the study of parts of speech in Abaza language, comes to the conclusion: 1) in Abaza language we can distinguish two categories of pronouns: personal and demonstrative; 2) in Russian studies and in Abaza linguistics are discussed similar issues: parts of speech status of pronouns, their distribution across semantic categories, syntactic functions and other; 3) the theoretical basis of a comparative description of pronouns in Russian and Abaza language are fundamental works of theorists on General and comparative linguistics and the works of researchers on Russian and Abaza language; 4) pronouns in comparable languages are a special grammatical class of subjectively pointing words that define reality in its relation to the speaker or to the situation of speech. The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of pronouns, identified their functions and morphological features.