Cognitive Linguistics

Cognitive Linguistics


Questions for the Government Examination

1. 
   Historical prerequisites of Cognitive Linguistics: first formation; four stages: place, time, peculiarities of cognitive linguistic research on each stage.
   
2. 
   Concept as a complex multisided phenomenon: the notion of Concept; factors of forming concept; cognitive and linguistic aspects in the phenomenon of Concept; cultural and individual aspects; peculiarities of their correlation.
   
3. 
   Concept and Language Knowledge: the phenomenon of Concept; the phenomenon of Language Knowledge; relations of Concept and Language Knowledge.
   
4. 
   Correlation of the categories ‘Meaning’, ‘Notion’ and ‘Concept’ in the light of cognitive linguistic research: the essence of each of the three phenomena; peculiarities of their relations.
   
5. 
   Theoretical model of Concept: peculiarities of its content; its components; structure of Concept, linguistic representative of Concept.
   
6. 
   Classification of concepts: principles of distinguishing and classifying types of concepts in Occidental and Home cognitive linguistic study; types of concepts in Occidental and in Home classifications.
   
7. 
   Theoretical Method of Metaphor in cognitive linguistic research: the authors; principle of interpreting Concept as a metaphor; comparing Metaphor and Concept.
   
8. 
   Associative Method in the research of Cognitive Linguistics: the essence of the method; procedure of the associative experiment; results value.
   
9. 
   Method of Conceptual Analysis in cognitive linguistic research: the authors; the essence of the method; the procedure; results value.
   
10. 
    Concept and Picture of the World: the phenomenon of Concept; the phenomenon of Picture of the World; correlation of Language and Conceptual Pictures of the World; role of Concept in forming and developing Picture of the World.