status quo and prospects of research
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G. Lakoff and M. Johnson set forth in the book “Metaphors We Live By.” G. Lakoff and M. Johnson
emphasize the target domain because it is the result of a metaphorical process. This fact has
largely determined that in modern Russian metaphorology, only the target domain is the object
of research. The authors of this works use the data on the source domain as self-evident that do
not need to be studied. In addition, these data are given only to reveal the results of the metaphor,
that is, to describe the target domain. The researchers tend to provide the characteristic of the
source domain as a by-product, not the object of the study.
Knowledge of the source domain is fundamental and thus extremely important for a full and
adequate characterization of the cognitive process. Identifying the composition and content of basic knowledge will allow verifying the conclusions about the target domains that linguists
have already made; establishing the characteristics of individual objects and integral fragments
of reality that are most important for this culture; revealing how they are conceptualized. These
results should be taken into account in the study of language meanings and language picture
of the world.
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