CULTURAL IDENTITY OF PLANT NAMES IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND FRENCH

CULTURAL IDENTITY OF PLANT NAMES IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND FRENCH

Author:  A.G. Dementyeva

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract: 
The article is devoted to the study of the cultural identity of plant names on the example of Russian, English and French. It shows that all the described cognitive models of figurative meanings formation of plant names are universal. National identity is revealed in the fact that plant names, nominating the same plant in English, Russian and French, can develop figurative meanings according to different models; different cognitive contexts and features are activated. Moreover correlated plant names developing figurative meanings often acquire different evaluation.

Keywords:  plant names, figurative meaning, metaphor, metonymy, metaphtonymy, cognitive models, cognitive contexts

Pages:  155-161