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“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF FORMING THE EVALUATION OF VERBAL ACTS IN ENGLISH

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF FORMING THE EVALUATION OF VERBAL ACTS IN ENGLISH


Author:  E.A. Kalinina

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

Abstract
The article deals with cognitive mechanisms of profiling, metaphorization, metonymization and simile and their role in the formation of evaluative judgements about verbal acts. The article also covers the linguistic means of representing these mechanisms.

Keywords:  evaluative categorization, frame «verbal act», profiling, metaphorization, metonymization, simile

Pages:  311-316

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