THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC FACTOR OF FUNCTION WORDMEANING CONSTRUCTION

THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC FACTOR OF FUNCTION WORDMEANING CONSTRUCTION

Author:  I. N. Tolmacheva

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

Abstract:  The article explores the linguistic specificity of function word meaning construction. The author focuses on how a function language unit signals grammatical meaning in terms of representing various types of knowledge. The cognitive approach which highlights the anthropocentric nature of meaning construction is understood to be a valuable tool for studying function word meaning representation considering its cognitive bases.

Keywords:  function word, content word, category, representation, grammaticalization, types of knowledge, anthropocentric factor

References: 

Lingvisticheskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar' / gl. red. V. N. Yartseva. M.: «Sovetskaya entsiklopediya», 1990.

Boldyrev N. N. K voprosu ob integrativnoy teorii reprezentatsii znanii v yazyke // Kognitivnye issledovaniya yazyka. Vyp. XII. 2012. S. 33-43.

Boldyrev N. N. Strukturirovanie opyta i integrirovanie smysla v vyskazyvanii // Kognitivnye issledovaniya yazyka. Vyp. XIII. 2013. S. 18-30.

Haspelmath M. Does Grammaticalization Need Reanalysis? // Studies in Language. № 22. 1998. P. 315-351.

Taylor J. R. Linguistic Categorization: Prototypes in Linguistic Theory. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. 312 p.

Pages:  275-278