SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”
Author: V.B. Goldberg, M.A. Chepikova
Affiliation: Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin
Abstract:
Two stages of cognition are analysed: semiotic and conceptual. It is argued that the semiotic stage preceding the conceptual stage aims at choosing an icon as a landmark.
Keywords: simile, semiotics, conceptology, sign, icon, background concept