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EXISTENTIAL BODILY SENSES IN WORD-FORMATION

EXISTENTIAL BODILY SENSES IN WORD-FORMATION


Author:  L.S. Abrosimova

Affiliation:  Pedagogical Institute of Southern Federal University

Abstract
The author considers existential bodily senses to be the basis for the language categorization via word-formation processes. As such, word-formation can be regarded as the means of cultural knowledge messaging and preservation, which is proved by the linguistic analysis of some derivatives.

Keywords:  bodily senses, experientialism, word-formation, categorization, cultural knowledge, derivative

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