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The anthropomorphic principle in cognitive linguistics

Liberal Arts in Russia. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 2. Pp. 121-127.
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Yusupova L. G.
Ural State Mining University
85 Khokhryakov Street, 620144 Yekaterinburg, Russia
Email: lyalyax@bk.ru

Abstract

The author of the article studies the semantic space associated with the anthropomorphic reflection of reality. The author considers structuring and further storing of entire layers of information together with the corresponding cognitive mechanisms necessary to extract a particular meaning in the process of their actualization. The results of component-invariant analysis to determine invariant constructs of an anthropomorphic nature on the example of the multivalued word knob are presented in detail. Component-invariant analysis involves taking into account not only the first value, but also the remaining portable values of the polysemant presented in the analysis. The analysis made it possible to establish the anthropomorphic nature of the knob polysemant, which indicates a close connection of a person with his appearance and the functioning of his own body and consciousness. All signs of a trivial nature are reduced to pure abstraction and put out of brackets. This gives knowledge, which in the future will allow you to get the eidetic “formula” of the whole word. The main cognitive mechanisms that underlie the formation of polysemant values are analyzed in detail in order to identify an invariant lexical construct. An invariant construct binds lexico-semantic variants of a polysemous word, preventing them from splitting into homonyms. The semantic structure of the knob polysemant is considered as a manifestation of the anthropomorphism of human thinking. This polysemant is part of the lexical thematic group “Artifacts”, being both an artifact and an architectural element. The main objective of the study is to analyze the knob lexeme with anthropomorphic reinterpretations and reconstruction of the integral, albeit unscientific, naive view of the world inherent in the bearer of a specific linguistic picture of the world.

Keywords

  • • anthropomorphism
  • • invariant construct
  • • semantic space
  • • component-invariant analysis
  • • linguistic picture of the world

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