ON MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND COGNITIVE STRUCTURES

ON MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND COGNITIVE STRUCTURES

Author:  Arkhipov I.K.

Affiliation:  Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen

Abstract:  The presentation deals with a comparison of semantic patterns and cognitive frameworks [Кравченко 2011: 100] responsible for semiosis as illustrated by quasimorphs of English verbs. Our findings point to a distinction between data of categorization and descriptions of communicative behavior generating linguaforms and their meanings. Relevant ontologies, functions and methods of teaching foreign languages are discussed.

Keywords:  biology of cognition, Observer, semiosis, meaning, semantic structure, cognitive structure

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Pages:  139-140