Author: S.V. Balakin
Affiliation: Ural State University of Railway Transport
Abstract:
The article reveals the notion “cognitive derivatology” which includes two principal directions in the research of mental bases of word-formation process: the introduction of new conceptual formation and the cognitive basis of word-formation. In both cases, linguists recognize the appearance of the secondary structure of knowledge. The main method of cognitive derivatology is a propositional frame analysis.
Keywords: cognitive derivatology, concept, secondary unit, frame, proposition, cognitive mechanisms
Pages: 36-39