ENUMERATION AS A MEANS TO STRUCTURE THE PROCESSES DOMAIN WITHIN ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Abstract

This paper explores cognitive aspects of enumeration. The material of the study is economic discourse. Enumeration is considered as a means to structure and represent conceptual information within economic discourse. Cognitive approach to enumeration involves analysing both homogeneous and heterogeneous enumerative series. In economic discourse semantically homogeneous enumerations are represented by economic spheres of human activity, while semantically heterogeneous enumerative series presuppose correlation between economic and other spheres of human activity. In economic discourse the structure of enumerative sequence is represented by linear and hierarchical constituents. The linear structure may consist of at least two different components of enumeration. In some cases more than one linear enumeration is used in one sentence. In case of a hierarchical structure one of the elements of the main enumerative sequence is subdivided into a subordinate enumerative block. The analysis of enumerative series provided conceptual knowledge represented by the following domains within economic system: the processes domain, the institutes domain, the instruments domain and the indicators domain. The processes domain is analysed in this article. Macroeconomic processes, namely globalisation, regionalisation and transition economy are represented by semantically homogeneous enumerative series. The study of semantically heterogeneous enumerative series allowed to structure knowledge about the macroeconomic processes of globalisation and regionalisation, as well as the microeconomic investment process. Homogeneous and heterogeneous enumerations name, specify, categorise and define the economic system constituents, as well as determine their potential and consequences for the economy.