SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”
Author: A.D. Gulimova
Abstract:
The article analyses the principles of time conceptualization in the English language. It argues that the semantics of time nominations are based on the conceptual oppositions “light / darkness”, “warmth / cold”, “rest / movement”, “indivisible space / divisible space”. The article demonstrates that these oppositions also make up the basis of conceptual metaphoric representation of time producing conceptual metaphors of water, fire, movement and the divisible object.
Keywords: conceptualization of time, conceptual basis of semantics, conceptual metaphor, categorization