Tambov
SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”

ON THE ACTUALIZATION OF OPEN SPACE BY MEANS OF THE ENGLISH VERB

ON THE ACTUALIZATION OF OPEN SPACE BY MEANS OF THE ENGLISH VERB


Author:  N.A. Kuksova

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

Abstract
The article deals with the problem of functional categorization of space by means of the English verb. The attention is paid to the ways of representation of open space, and moreover to the cognitive and language mechanisms of space categorization of this type.

Keywords:  space, space categorization, conceptualization, verb, functional categorization of space, foregrounding, spatial cognition, conceptualization of event, conceptual perspective

Pages:  255-262

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