MECHANISMS OF EVALUATIVE CATEGORIZATION OF ENGLISH ABSTRACT NOUNS NAMING THE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN MENTAL ACTIVITY

MECHANISMS OF EVALUATIVE CATEGORIZATION OF ENGLISH ABSTRACT NOUNS NAMING THE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN MENTAL ACTIVITY

Author:  D.A. Popova

Abstract:  Based on the English abstract noun theory, the paper deals with the cognitive mechanisms of the forming evaluative sense of the attributive phrases with abstract nouns naming the products of human intellectual activity.

Keywords:  abstract noun, mentifact, attribute, cognitive axiology, evaluative categorization, cognitive mechanisms.

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Pages:  767-774