In this paper, we state that conceptual-taxonomical analysis allows to carry out a profound time analysis. Three levels of categorization are examined: 1. Base level that is the starting point of the analysis, level of prototypes: lexical, grammatical, linguocognitive and conceptual; 2. Upper superordinate...

In this article a comparative analysis of different interpretations of the terms text, speech product, phrase is carried out on the material of dictionary definitions.Most notable is the difference between existing approaches to the interpretation of the term phrase.With such a divergence of views on...

Present Progressive and Simple Tense are examined in the holistic approach to language as a cognitive activity of a person orienting to the adaptation. Reduced Present Progressive and Present Simple express the direct experience of the observer.

The article deals with semantic-pragmatic aspect of performative utterances of modern German politicians. The material for the study is based on the speech of Oskar Lafontaine and Guido Westerwelle (1961-2016). The analysis is based on examples from sixty speeches of politicians for the period from 2003...

The paper deals with the concepts VIRTUE and VICE which constitute the universal conceptosphere of the human language. Their lexical presentation is interdependent and the cognitive structure fuzzy, indistinct.