Browsing by Author "Luizova-Horeva, Tsveta"
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ANALYSING COMPOUND TERMS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FRAME SEMANTICS: A MODEL OF INTER-FRAME INTERACTION
Luizova-Horeva, Tsveta (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2018)Specialised texts are characterised by a heavy concentration of compound forms. The cognitive concepts which underlie them are specific to an area of business, science or technology. They are structured by frames containing ... -
CONCEPTUAL METONYMY IN THE MEANING OF ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN NOMINAL COMPOUNDS
Luizova-Horeva, Tsveta (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2012)Cognitive linguists regard metonymy as a conceptual phenomenon, a mechanism which shapes both language and thought and plays a central role in ordinary meaning construction. This paper rests on the assumption that the ... -
ON THE SEMANTICS OF SOME ENGLISH NOMINAL COMPOUNDS DENOTING OCCUPATIONS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Luizova-Horeva, Tsveta (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2013)The semantics of linguistic expressions is frequently explained through conceptual/semantic frames. The word formation process involved in the creation of nominal compounds can be viewed as one guided by contiguous conceptual ... -
SOME ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN ADJECTIVE-NOUN CONSTRUCTIONS BASED ON CONCEPTUALISED PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE
Luizova-Horeva, Tsveta (УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2015)This paper examines the mechanisms involved in the semantics of some A + N constructions in English and Bulgarian, with a focus on image schemas as mental representations of different kinds of perceptual experience. Examples ...