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“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”

COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE


Author:  Konstantinova N.V.

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

Abstract:  The paper focuses on some cognitive aspects of ecological discourse. Ecotext is viewed as an ethical communicative space that requires peculiar textbuilding and comprehension abilities. The analysis of linguistic representation of environmental relations in modern literature sheds light on a new understanding of the boundaries between human and non-human environments.

Keywords:  ecological discourse, ecolinguistics, ecotext, literary discourse

Pages:  354-356

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