THE PECULIARITIES OF THE EVALUATIVE POTENTIAL OF LANDSCAPE LEXIS IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH

THE PECULIARITIES OF THE EVALUATIVE POTENTIAL OF LANDSCAPE LEXIS IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH

Author:  E. V. Chistyakova

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

Abstract:  This article considers the peculiarities of the evaluative potential of landscape lexis in contemporary English. The conceptual characteristics of landscapes forming the evaluative senses under study are identified, the cognitive mechanisms, on the basis of which the evaluative senses are created, are analyzed

Keywords:  landscape lexics, evaluative potential, cognitive mechanisms, profiling, metonymy, metaphtonymy, metaphor, comparison

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Pages:  185-187