Interpretive potential of components–food names in English phraseological units

Dolgova E. V.

The article deals with phraseological units (hereinafter referred to as PUs) of the English language including food names that convey knowledge about people. In the course of the work, the features of the PUs semantics formation by using information from the conceptual domain FOOD are investigated, as well as the structural and content features of this mental entity are considered. It is established that the conceptual domain FOOD attracted during the secondary interpretation has a matrix structure, its cognitive contexts are revealed. Cognitive models involved in the re-comprehension of knowledge about food are noted.

Keywords:phraseological unit, food, human being, secondary interpretation, cognitive matrix, cognitive model.