The article deals with systemic-structural possibilities of the verbal nomination of the French language in the field of description of a smell as a result of the olfactory perception. Sensory level of cognition is the basis for all cognitive activities of the individual, and the ways of its linguistic objectification are of a special interest for cognitive linguistics. Close attention of contemporary scientists to these issues is also due to the importance of reflection in the language that information world picture which is formed in the process of cognition. The system of physical perception operates through five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste, each of which play a leading role in establishing mechanisms that determine the way of conceptualization of reality. As a result of the study, semantic processes in the olfactory field are analyzed and nominative and functional potential of verbal meanings is determined on the basis of detailed elaboration of conceptual content and the establishment of the patterns of knowledge about the olfactory phenomenon of reality reflected in the language.

Keywords: nomination, verb, semantics, conceptual, content, functional relevance, linguistic objectification
Arkadiy P. Sedykh,Inna A. Koteneva,Natalia V. Trescheva,Nellya L. Krivchikova,Tatiana V. Osintseva

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