CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE THEORIES AND THEIR USE IN LANGUAGE RESEARCH: ANALYTICAL REVIEW

CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE THEORIES AND THEIR USE IN LANGUAGE RESEARCH: ANALYTICAL REVIEW

Author:  E.V. Nikulina

Affiliation:  Kursk State University

Abstract:  The article provides a review of contemporary cognitive theories and current research topics in the field of categorization and conceptualization, objectivist se-mantics, the theory of mental spaces, the blending theory, the conceptual metaphor theory, and also the analysis of their applicative potential in the sphere of language study.

Keywords:  categorization, conceptualization, grammar, metaphor, metonymy, cognitive linguistics.

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Pages:  224-231