INTERPRETATION AS A PROCESS DETERMINING METAPHORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTION AS AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE

INTERPRETATION AS A PROCESS DETERMINING METAPHORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTION AS AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE

Author:  L.V. Babina

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract:  The article examines interpretation as a cognitive process that determines the metaphorical interpretation of emotions as an active substance. Lexical-semantic groups of verbs, which are used with the name of emotions, functioning in a sentence-statement as a subject-agent, are revealed. The author describes the changes in the conceptual structure, represented by verb, that make possible such understanding of emotions.

Keywords:  interpretation, conceptual metaphor, emotion names, subject- agent, verb in a figurative sense.

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