FIGURATIVE MEANING OF THE RUSSIAN VERB FROM THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC VIEWPOINT

Abstract

This article attempts to explain the figurative grammatical meaning of the tense of the verb in its colloquial use. The identified problem is solved on the basis of colloquial constructions that include a verb in a certain tense form. The subject of the research is the cognitive and communicative nature of the figurative meaning of the verb, which underlies the semantic transformation of verbal meanings and forms. The interpretation of the figurative meaning of the Russian verb in the research includes three aspects: a) semantic; b) cognitive; c) pragmatic. The factual material consisted of the verbal meanings and forms used in the Russian colloquial speech of the inhabitants of the Mogilev city in Belarus. In the course of the study, a set of scientific methods was used, the dominant among which were the methods of semantic and cognitive analysis. Analysis of the material in anthropocentric direction allows us to conclude that the figurative meaning of grammatical forms of time is based on the formation of cognitive structures in the form of scenarios, gestalts and frames.