ON MODELLING CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATIONS IN A LANGUAGE

ON MODELLING CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATIONS IN A LANGUAGE

Author:  Ivanova E.V.

Affiliation:  St.-Petersburg State University

Abstract:  The paper depicts problems of modelling concepts and prototypes based on their representation in language signs of different structures. The principles of modelling and the basic unit of the conceptual analysis are described. The criteria of defining prototypicality are delineated. The systematisation of some results of the research made along the indicated lines is realized.

Keywords:  concept, prototype, cognitheme, modeling

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Pages:  177-179