Author: N.A. Kuksova
Affiliation: Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Abstract:
The article deals with the problem of categorization of space by means of a verb. The attention is paid to the cognitive mechanisms of conceptualization and ca-tegorization of space, forming our basic concepts of space, and language mechanisms of their realization in a sentence. The categorization of a certain type of space is the result of the combination of cognitive and language mechanisms.
Keywords: space, verb, spatial cognition, space categorization, conceptualization of space, cognitive mechanisms, language mechanisms, perspective, metaphor, conceptualization of space, functional categorization of space, concept, conceptualization of event