SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”
Author: I.V. Chekhanova
Affiliation: Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Abstract:
The article deals with a cognitive base of zoological metaphor forming. Some particular semes, kept in a metaphorical meaning, show the importance of some characteristics for English-speaking people.
Keywords: metaphor, semantics, polysemantic words, direct and figurative meanings, anthropocentrism
Pages: 366-368