LANGUAGE CATEGORIZANION OF PROFESSIONAL AGENT: DYNAMIC ASPECT

• Main Author: Golovanova, E.I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marina Sokolova Publishings 2017-03-01
• Series: Russian Linguistic Bulletin
• Subjects: language categorization; category of professional agent; basic concept; orienting function; cogniotype; языковая категоризация; категория профессионального деятеля; базовый концепт; ориентирующая функция; когниотип
• Online Access: http://rulb.org/wp-content/uploads/wpem/pdf_compilations/1(9)/1(9).pdf#page=21

The article discusses the problem of the dynamics of language categorization of the surrounding world fragments. The analysis of names of persons by profession in the Russian language shows that within the category of professional agent there is a regular change of the leading models of nomination, with the corresponding cognitive models being behind them. In accordance with the basic concepts that form the structure of activity there are four main methods of interpreting an agent in professional spheres. In a particular historical period there is a certain aspect of the activity fixed in the form of a dominant cognitive model of nomination – cogniotype. As a result, the development of a lexical category appears as a continuous process of formation of new forms, replacing the old ones, and as a cyclic change of a cogniotype. Cogniotype change is a manifestation of adaptive and orienting functions of human consciousness and language as a means of its objectification. Since consciousness is a product of experience and subject practical activities of people, a significant change in the content of activity, ways of its organization lead to reorientation of structures of consciousness, and hence, of linguistic forms of its objectification. Thus, language appears as the most important product and tool of conceptual orientation of man in the world.