The dependence of the propositional representation on the specificity of the situation (the case of the mental sphere)

Abstract

Object: study of the ways of reflection the situations of the mental sphere on the level of propositions by native German speakers Methods: descriptive, comparative, the method of linguistic observation, modeling and interpretation of the substantive structure of a sentence. Results: Established the dependence of the propositional representations character on the specificity of the ontology of situations, the specificity of the sphere of life where the event takes place: the ontological characteristics of the object that is considered in terms of semantics. Practical implications: The results may be used for university courses of the German theoretical grammar and stylistics, the general linguistics, theory and practice of translation, the cognitive linguistics and grammar.