Contrasting evaluation in cognition and language

ISBN-13: 9786203689112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 220 str.

Alexei Yawiecki

Opis

The proposed work is carried out in the framework of cognitive semantics and is devoted to the study of linguistic means of evaluative contrasting in the text, taking into account the dynamics of mental structures underlying evaluative contrasting. The study shows that the mechanism of evaluative contrasting is one of the basic components of conceptualization and categorization of the world. The author attempts to prove that evaluative contrasting is important not only for actualizing stable, but also for creating "momentary" conceptual structures necessary for the needs of current communication. In language, these two functions are manifested in the presence of conventional antonymic pairs, as well as in the ability of speakers to relatively easily create new and sometimes unexpected contrasting relations between various discursive units in a text. By analyzing the factors determining the construction of contrastive evaluation in the text, the author illustrates the adaptability of conceptualization and categorization mechanisms to discourse.The proposed work is carried out in the framework of cognitive semantics and is devoted to the study of linguistic means of evaluative contrasting in the text, taking into account the dynamics of mental structures underlying evaluative contrasting. The study shows that the mechanism of evaluative contrasting is one of the basic components of conceptualization and categorization of the world. The author attempts to prove that evaluative contrasting is important not only for actualizing stable, but also for creating "momentary" conceptual structures necessary for the needs of current communication. In language, these two functions are manifested in the presence of conventional antonymic pairs, as well as in the ability of speakers to relatively easily create new and sometimes unexpected contrasting relations between various discursive units in a text. By analyzing the factors determining the construction of contrastive evaluation in the text, the author illustrates the adaptability of conceptualization and categorization mechanisms to discourse.

O autorze

Yawiecki, Alexei He was born in 1982 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow State Linguistic University and in 2008 received a PhD in the field of linguistic theory. Currently works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.