THE PHENOMENON OF LINGUOCOGNITOLOGICAL CATEGORIZATION OF FRUIT NAMES IN ENGLISH

Аннотация

This article examines the linguocognitive aspects of the names of several fruits in English, and this case is studied from the perspective of cognitive linguistics and semantics. That is, the research studies the mental classification of linguistic signs associated with fruits, and how they are influenced by cultural experiences and metaphorical thinking. The article emphasizes how language users, namely linguists, associate specific methods with fruit names and their impact on cross- cultural understanding. Key words: Theoretical foundations of fruit categories, prototypical structures of fruits.