From the philosophical point of view generalization is treated through the lens of the categories of the singular, particular and general and is realized in the form of concept and proposition. Generalized utterances of natural language have their own peculiarities, they require profound investigation and are considered on the basis of scientific, popular-science and fiction texts. Thus, the property of truth or falsity which is considered an attribute of the logical proposition is not topical for lingual utterances. Characterizing the lingual utterance according to such parameters as the speaker’s confidence in, hesitation about or knowledge of the utterance corresponding to reality seems more functional. Language parameters of the generalized utterance are determined: atemporality, regular nonreferentiality of noun groups and others, which modify three types of generalized utterances: generalizations-characteristics, generalizations-maxims, generalizations-propositions. Distinctions of a generalization-characteristic are permanent features of a concrete subject denoted by a referential noun group. Generalizations-maxims include various didactic sayings containing generalized life experience. Generalizations-propositions are scientific generalizations. The borderlines of the three types of generalized utterances are not always distinct and depend on modus characteristics and context.
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