The term “motif” in the paradigm of cognitive-semantic analysis of poetic texts

Abstract

The article considers the use of the term motif in the literary works analysis. The works of scholars reflecting the variety of this term understandings are surveyed. A special attention is paid at the language and speech components detection; its correlation with other terms, mainly cognitive ones, is found out. The actuation of the use of the term motif is demonstrated in functional stylistic and in cognitive paradigms of contemporary linguistics. The trend to create compound terms with the use of motif (concept-motif).

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І. І. Сметана

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І. І. Сметана (2018). The term “motif” in the paradigm of cognitive-semantic analysis of poetic texts. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 32(1), 95-97. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-504361