Word-formation in the context of multi-disciplinary cognitive paradigm

• Larisa, Abrosimova ^[1]
  1. [1] Southern Federal University

     Southern Federal University

     Rusia

     
• Localización: International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education: (IJCRSEE), ISSN 2334-847X, ISSN-e 2334-8496, Vol. 1, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 57-62
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Traditional  structure-oriented analysis of derivatives does not comply with the requirements of the  new cognitive paradigm of linguistic knowledge, which incorporates knowledge gained within different sciences. Word-formation serves the explication of human cognitive potential, which originates from linguistic personality’s individual and collective experience.The analysis of  -er, -ee, -ant / -ent and -ist  revealed that the considered affixes which are characterized by close semantic links can objectify cognitive structures with similar meanings although the derivatives with these suffixes are characterized by a wide degree of polysemy. Thus, any concrete derivational mechanism objectifies the act of thought production in a verbal-sign form. Specificity and regularity of   major operations with knowledge structures in mental space of a linguistic personality are represented in the basic derivational mechanisms which take place in a lexico-semantic subsystem of this or that language.The results of this research indicate the inseparable connection of derivational processes with the idea of a language as a mental phenomenon, focusing on organizing, processing and transferring information. Cognitive word-formation analysis of derivatives can represent the basis for our knowledge organization at the junction of «language» and «thought».