Phraseology in linguocognitive perspective

  • Marina S. Gutovskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The paper views the historical-scientific prerequisites for the study of complex relations between language and thinking, the formation of cognitive linguistics. The features of the linguocognitive approach to the study of phraseology are discussed, on the example of the English phraseological units with the semantics ‘achieve success’ the logic of the structural and linguocognitive research of phraseology is demonstrated. The objective, general aims and prospectives of cognitive phraseology are formulated.

Author Biography

Marina S. Gutovskaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (philology), docent; head of the department of English linguistics, faculty of philology

 

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Published
2024-02-19
Keywords: phraseological unit, cognitive linguistics, cognitive phraseology
How to Cite
Gutovskaya M. S. Phraseology in linguocognitive perspective // Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 2024. 1. PP. 35-43.
Issue
No 1 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology
Section
Linguistics

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