Author: O.V. Aleksandrova
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract:
Cognitive approach to the study of the language which has appeared in the end of the last century gives new opportunities to penetrate into the essence of linguistic phenomena and grammatical units, in particular. Cognitive and discourse paradigm, suggested by E.S. Kubriakova appears to be quite fruitful in the analyses of changes in the grammatical functions of linguistic units and their gradual changes which take place nowadays in the English language. These changes may be explained by the influence of the Internet language, where oral and written speech often overlap.
Keywords: functionalism, discourse, cognitive and discourse paradigm, grammar, internet-linguistics