Nose Movements: Peculiarities Of Conceptualization And Interpretation

Abstract

In the article English linguistic units representing ideas about the middle area expression (nose) are described. The author reveals the characteristics of the MIDDLE AREA EXPRESSION (NOSE) concept, which includes the information about the perceptual acquisition of the middle area expression and interpretive characteristics. The characteristics that give the ideas about the perceptual acquisition of the middle area expression (nose) are ‘nose muscle movement’ and ‘wrinkle formation’, ‘nose muscle movement’ and ‘increase of nose size’, ‘nose muscle movement’ and ‘air stream movement through the nose’, and the interpretative characteristics are 'emotional state', 'functional (physiological) state'. The author shows that the identified linguistic units tend to represent certain interpretative characteristics that may be considered as dominant ones. Some cognitive mechanisms for secondary conceptualization and interpretation of the middle area expression are considered. They are “conceptual metaphor”, “conceptual metonymy”, “conceptual metaphtonymy”, “conceptual comparison”, “focusing”, ‘refocusing”, ‘re-accentuation”. It is demonstrated that the integrated use of cognitive mechanisms allows us to describe the situation of facial movement colorfully and in an extraordinary way, taking into account human states and emotions. The way of presenting the situation of facial movements is determined by the predisposition of an individual to linguo-creative thinking.