THE PROBLEM OF INCORPORATED NOUNS AND CONCEPTUAL BLENDING IN ENGLISH

THE PROBLEM OF INCORPORATED NOUNS AND CONCEPTUAL BLENDING IN ENGLISH

Author:  E.M. Pozdnyakova, E.A. Lukyanchenko

Affiliation:  Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relationship (University) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation

Abstract: 
The article deals with the problem of incorporation in word-formation. Nouns with incorporated objects represent the situations in the real world. On the level of conceptualization a person, object, or event are obligatorily included in the window of attention. On the level of language representation the conceptualized object occupies the initial part of the word. Words of N+V+er type are difficult to decode without knowing wide cognitive context of their creation.

Keywords:  incorporation, nomination, conceptual blending, context of word-formation; cognitive context