COGNITIVE SCHEME OF TIME PERCEPTION AS REPRESENTED IN MIDDLE ENGLISH

COGNITIVE SCHEME OF TIME PERCEPTION AS REPRESENTED IN MIDDLE ENGLISH

Author:  E.A. Nilsen

Affiliation:  St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

Abstract: 
This article is dedicated to application of continuous and discrete temporal cognition scheme to Middle English texts. Peculiarities of dynamic time perception and relatively static / discrete temporality perception in Middle English are described. The conclusion is made that ego-static model is more common in Middle English than ego-dynamic model of time perception.

Keywords:  Middle English, cognitive scheme, relatively static / discrete temporality perception, dynamic time perception, linear and cyclical time models, instance, chronometry