Cognitive-pragmatic view on interpretative representation

INTRODUCTION . The aim of the study is the cognitive-pragmatic view on the interpretative representation in English. MATERIALS AND METHODS . Research methods include cognitive analysis, semantic analysis, discourse analysis and a method of inferential analysis. We also propose a method of cognitive modeling for a visual presentation of interpretative processing model. The factual material is based on samples of examples from authentic English dictionaries, as well as online resources. The data analysis proved that much information can be presented indirectly, and it leads to hidden associations and evaluative inferences. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . The study has shown the role of such mechanisms in processes of the interpretative representation, as the mechanism of meaning extension, the mechanism of opposition, the mechanism of duplication, the mechanism of conceptual substitution and the mechanism of associative implications, as well as the syntactic constructions, representing various interpretations. Among them there are constructions with interpersonal parentheticals, quasi-subordinate constructions, syncretic constructions, constructions with the phraseological unit God knows, backhanded compliments, tautological constructions and constructions with conceptual metaphors, conceptual metonymies and conceptual comparisons. CONCLUSION . It is concluded that the interpretative representation process is complex and multidimensional, however, engaging a cognitive-pragmatic approach allows to reveal the information complexity and to interpret hidden meanings, as well as to infer all evaluative associations.