Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

THE ESTIMATION TYPES EXPRESSED BY ADJECTIVES DENOTING A GEOMETRIC FORM OF AN OBJECT

THE ESTIMATION TYPES EXPRESSED BY ADJECTIVES DENOTING A GEOMETRIC FORM OF AN OBJECT


Author:  Yuliya V. Nikolenko

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

Abstract
In the article the composition and the structure of the scientific and language categories «geo-metric form of an object» are compared. Examples of every type of private estimations expressed by adjectives denoting a geometric form of an object are presented, as well as occurrence of estimation senses in the semantics of such adjectives is explained from а cognitive point of view.

Keywords:  estimation categorization, space standard, functional mobility, private estimation senses, metaphorical shift, metonymical shift, intensificator.

Pages:  126-131

Back to the list



Login:
Password: