TO THE PROBLEM OF COGNITIVE MODELLING OF INDEFINITE QUANTITY (on the basis of natural space objects)

TO THE PROBLEM OF COGNITIVE MODELLING OF INDEFINITE QUANTITY (on the basis of natural space objects)

Author:  I.N. Ivashkevich

Affiliation:  Белорусский государственный университет Belarusian State University

Abstract: 
The article deals with the study of metaphorical modelling as a method of knowledge representation within the meaning of concepts since it helps to establish close links with linguistic structures and their cognitive analogues. A special emphasis is made on revealing cognitive basis for regular metaphorical shift ‘Natural Space Objects→Indefinite Quantity’.

Keywords:  cognitive modelling, knowledge representation, metaphorical shift, cognitive basis, perceptual feature