COGNITIVE GROUNDS OF MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE UNITS’ RE-ORIENTATION IN PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH

COGNITIVE GROUNDS OF MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE UNITS’ RE-ORIENTATION IN PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH

Author:  Levitsky A.E.

Affiliation:  Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Abstract:  The presentation deals with the problems of the functional changes in the system of Modern English nominative units. Such changes are caused by the phenomenon of functional re-orientation. This phenomenon is typical of present-day English, thus leading to homonymity and polyfunctionality of the English language units. Regularities of functional re-orientation of Modern English word-stock units that are closely interlinked with the implementation of their considerable functional potentialon the basis of communicative and cognitive factors.

Keywords:  function, function-potential, function-implementation, nominative unit, activity, linguistic personality, communicative-cognitive approach, functional re-orientation

Pages:  81-83