Abstract

PESINA, Svetlana A. et al. Research of communication as a sign process at the semantic and biocognitive levels. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.6, pp. 83-88.  Epub Dec 10, 2021. ISSN 2218-3620.

The article attempts to describe the way of storing and functioning of meanings of polysemous words in the linguistic lexicon. It presents mechanisms that provide quick access to lexemes with no need for scanning lists of meanings. The process of communication is described from cognitive viewpoints, from the point of view of the impossibility of literal transmission of information. It is shown that in the process of communication there is no transfer of information or thought through language, since the listener alone creates information, lowering uncertainty via interactions in their own communicative area. The hypothesis has been advanced that the use of a lexical invariant as the meaning core of the word allows in the process of communication to carry out an effective search and embedding of metaphorical meanings in the context of utterances. The lexical invariant acts as a general cognitive model of perception and understanding of outward things, and at the neurobiological level it leads to the build-up of new neural connections. The paper presents the results of invariant-component analysis on the definition of lexical invariants. Such formations play the role of effective substitutes for the entire content of a concept or meaning, relieving consciousness from the necessity to scan the entire spectrum of meanings and their images, confirming the principle of linguistic economy.

Keywords : Communicative process; cognitive linguistics; linguistic sign; meaning; polysemantic word.

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