Sognitive models of semantic group ‘expanse of water’ within the English language world picture

Irina Iwaszkiewicz

Abstract

The article highlights the role of perceptual features within the meaning of polysemous English nouns, naming expanse of water in the processes of both direct and indirect nomination. The author presents classification of regular metaphorical shifts types within the semantic group ‘Expanse of Water’ marking them as cognitive models. Much attention is paid to the most productive cognitive metaphorical model ‘EXPANSE OF WATER → QUANTITY’.

Keywords:

когнитивная лингвистика, концептосфера, когнитивные модели, семантический сдвиг, Ирина Ивашкевич