Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (6)

Authors

Furs, Liudmila A.

Contact information

Furs, Liudmila A.: Derzhavin Tambov State University Tambov, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0003-0353-748X

Keywords

cognitive-pragmatic approach; irregular loading; knowledge construal; processing strategy

Abstract

The cognitive-pragmatic analysis of the sentence meaning reveals the implicitly represented structures of knowledge and shows the cognitive basis of their construal. The purpose of this article is to analyze the cognitive strategies underlying the construal of implicit knowledge. Strategy is defined as a type of procedural knowledge aimed at processing declarative knowledge stored in a person’s memory. As a result of the factual analysis, the following cognitive strategies for processing knowledge have been identified: domain development, domain duplication, categorial deviation with its subtypes – quasi- subordination, interpersonal parenthesis, phraseological invasion and hyperbaton. Domain is defined in the sense of R. Langacker’s cognitive semantic theory of domains as a part of the encyclopaedic knowledge configuration. Deviation is opposite to norm, it refers to a selection of an unconventional linguistic construction. Every time, when a specific word order or sentence structure does not abide by the rule of that particular language structure, we define it as a grammatical deviation. All cognitive strategies are described by revealing their cognitive and pragmatic functions, that pertain to the factor of anthropocentrism. Saving language means by construing the implicit information is one of the goals of communication and irregular loading of sentence meaning is the way to achieve it. The obtained results can find the application in the study of cognitive strategies for knowledge processing in order to increase the semantic load of a sentence on the material of other languages

Pages

953–961

EDN

QMPVQC

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150136

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