REPRESENTATION OF LANGUAGE MEANS THAT ACTIVATE FRAME BELIEF IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

The research is devoted to the study of semantic-syntactic and cognitive-frame features of the verb believe and its derivatives. The article deals with the representation of the verb believe, synonyms and its derivatives, activating the frame BELIEF in modern English. The purpose of the research is to study principles of explication of cognitive-frame meanings of the verb believe, its derivatives and synonyms. The relevance of the topic is justified by the rapid development of the cognitive direction in modern linguistics, as well as the lack of special studies of the frame features of the verb believe and its derivatives. The contextual peculiarities of the use of the verb believe and its derivatives in the English language are revealed in this article. The definitional, semantic and linguistic analysis of the language means nominating BELIEF is represented, the dominant lexical unit is identified. The semantic structure of the verb believe, its synonyms and derivatives is established and their cognitive-frame potential is determined. The language means are studied on the basis of data from explanatory, encyclopedic, electronic dictionaries of the English language. The practical study is based on the information of English literary works.