COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF EQUIVALENTS IN RITUAL OF THE MYTHOPOETIC EPOCH

COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF EQUIVALENTS IN RITUAL OF THE MYTHOPOETIC EPOCH

Author:  M.A. Voronkina

Affiliation:  Don State Technical University

Abstract:  The point of issue of the paper is cognitive characteristics of design of equivalents in the ritual of the mythopoetic epoch. The precise explanation of ritual equivalents is still a relevant problem of cultural studies and linguistics.
The objective of the paper is revelation of the nature of the phenomenon of ritual equivalents. The research is based on the comparative method: the author looks into similarities and differences between the ritual equivalent and the metaphor, which seem to be analogous in design. Light is thrown on the place of the equivalent in cognitive in its nature ritual activity in the course of the exploration of reality.
The main result of the research is in the observation on a paradoxal sensuous perception of different objects as the same ones. Such a sensation is presumably achieved in the course of the ritual equivalent design. The author assumes some relation of this phenomenon to the dream vision cognition.
The conclusions reached due to the research can be applied to correct our ideas of metaphor as the main cognitive operation, as a tool of cognition and description of the world.

Keywords:  metaphor, equivalent, ritual, the mythopoetic epoch, code.

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For citation:  Voronkina, M. A. (2017). Cognitive characteristics of equivalents in ritual of the mythopoetic epoch. Voprosy Kognitivnoy Lingvistiki, 4, 39-44. (In Russ.).

Pages:  39-44