DERIVATIVE MEANINGS OF LOCATIVE ADJECTIVES SYNONYMY AND THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF REALITY

DERIVATIVE MEANINGS OF LOCATIVE ADJECTIVES SYNONYMY AND THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF REALITY

Author:  Lyudmila I. Gorbunova

Affiliation:  Irkutsk State University

Abstract: 
The article describes the role of conceptual information as the factor causing derivative meanings synonymy. Conceptual component of prototypical situation is viewed as a universal cognitive basis of semantic processes.

Keywords:  cognitive activity, conceptualization, prototypical situation, locative adjective, synonymy, derivative meaning.

Pages:  34-38