COGNITIVE FEATURES OF ENGLISH ECONOMIC METAPHORICAL TERMS WITH “HOUSE / HOME” CONCEPT

Abstract

The article presents the mechanism of metaphorical rethinking when representing economic terms with the help of the “house/home” concept. The role of metaphor as a way of term formation in the English economic lexis is studied and economic metaphorical terms with the “house/home” concept from the positions of cognitive science are analyzed. Structural and semantic analysis of metaphorical terms is carried out. Metaphorical terms being an important means of nomination and word-formation factor in the English functional language of the economy, their features and functions are clarified.