Author: O.V. Kulikova
Affiliation: Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Abstract:
The article deals with the problem of secondary conceptualization, where functions of somatic lexical units as representatives of knowledge about human body are researched. Special attention is paid to somatisms as important units of lexis in the German language.
Keywords: cognition, somatic concept, conceptual metaphor, conceptualization, transduction, comparison