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

THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE IMAGE SCHEMAS IN STRUCTURING THE CONCEPT TIME

THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE IMAGE SCHEMAS IN STRUCTURING THE CONCEPT TIME


Author:  Diana V. Makhovikova

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

Abstract
The paper studies the ways of structuring the concept TIME, characterized by abstractness and indefiniteness, by means of cognitive image schemas, reflecting different time characteristics and forming the basis of lexical means of time conceptualization of English speaking people.

Keywords:  conceptualization of time, cognitive image schema, structuring the concept.

Pages:  40-45

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