All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”
Author: Nataliya Yu. Borodulina, Marina N. Makeeva
Affiliation: Tambov State Technical University
Abstract:
Results of experimental study aimed at investigation of means of economic notions figurative re-presentation are described. Native speakers of Russian and French took part in the experiment. Cases of coincidence of word or word combination interpretations used figuratively in the sphere of economics or their deviation from dictionary definitions or those meanings which they obtain in economic context were investigated. National cultural specifics of interpretations, availability of axiological evaluation, connection with practical experience and encyclopedic knowledge of experiment participants were analyzed.
Keywords: interpretation, metaphor, metonymy, economic nations, representation
Pages: 17-23