THЕ MАIN PRОVISIОNS ОF CОGNITIVЕ LINGUISTICS

Аннотация

Cognitive linguistics is a field of study that investigates the intricate relationship between language and mental processes, focusing on how individuals perceive, comprehend, and cognitively represent reality. According to Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternin, cognitive linguistics explores the mental activities involved in understanding and conceptualizing the world, as well as the forms and types of their mental representations. The primary focus of cognitive linguistics lies in examining the connections between language and fundamental cognitive processes, such as categorization and conceptualization. This discipline also studies the outcomes of these processes mental phenomena like concepts and categories in which language plays a crucial role.