Keyword: «weight»

The article presents the data analysis of the composition of feed used in different types of feeding, their rate of eating and the attractiveness of the various types of feeding, the dynamics of changes in body weight and coat.

The article is devoted to the study of the "weight" attribute, which acts as the main property for any metallic substance. It was found that in the process of metaphor, the perceptual attribute “weight” of the metals source-region often serves as a basis for understanding other areas of material reality. The relevance of this work lies in the fact that the attribute “weight” of the metals source-region is the basis of a cognitive metaphor, as well as in determining how this perceptual attribute is conceptualized by native Russian speakers. The main method of analysis was the cognitive-definition method, which includes the identification and description of the cognitive attributes of language materials, as well as the comparative method and the method of linguistic observation. As a result of the research, it was revealed that we can observe the following phenomenon with the help of the analysis of language materials: the qualification of a subject as light or heavy in metaphorical expressions relies on human perception, but not on any objective indicators.

Working within the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, we analyze linguistic data used in conceptualization of importance in the Russian language, including material from dictionaries and a dictionary of associations. In our earlier work we have established existence of several elements of the source domain (weight, size, height, visibility). In this paper we look for explicit or implicit meaning of importance in the lexicographic materials associated with corresponding adjectives within the source domain, and for the underlying common semantic feature that allows these concepts to be used for description of importance.