O POZNAWCZEJ FUNKCJI JĘZYKA (NA PRZYKŁADZIE FRAZEOLOGIZMÓW JĘZYKA ROSYJSKIEGO W PORÓWNANIU Z POLSKIM)
ON THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE (THE CASE OF RUSSIAN PHRASEOLOGISMS IN COMPARISON WITH POLISH)

Summary/Abstract: The cognitive function of language is manifested, among others, in the inseparable processes of conceptualization and categorization of the world. The present study attempts to demonstrate that in the process of language development multiple expressions have been coined to characterize the ultimate experiences of dying and death, which symbolize different ways of thinking about the phenomena. The possibility to identify conceptual metaphors and metonymies in language allows, as it seems, to become familiar with the human experience. The comparison of the two languages shows the convergence in the conceptualization of the process and state scenarios. Both languages have at their disposal corresponding phraseological categories, which profile similar domains, and which conceptualize the phenomena in a parallel way.

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