COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC NATURE OF VERBS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES
Keywords:
verbs of visual perception, conceptual linguistics, concept, cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics, language, mental imageAbstract
This article is a study of English verbs of visual perception from the point of view of conceptual linguistics. The main goal is to consider verbs expressing visual perception in English within the framework of conceptual linguistics - cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics. The paper presents the main provisions of conceptual linguistics, definitions of "concept", the views of researchers on the role of the concept in the linguistic industry. Further, problems such as the cognitive perception of visual formations through the language, the cognitive role of mental formations and the prototypicity of lexical meanings are examined. The semantic difference of verbs in visual perception is studied using English verbs as an example.
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