Abstract The paper aims to explore how the process of phraseologism-formation is linked with the process of perception as part and parcel of human cognitive activity. Specifically, the research focuses on the role synesthesia plays in the construction of phraseological meaning. We proceed from the claim that the perceptual experience a human gains through multiple sensory channels while cognizing the world is preserved in the language semantics. Therefore, one of the main assumptions of the research is that synesthesia as a result of crossintegration of various perceptual sensations and their (sub)modalities influences the formation of phraseologisms and can be traced in their semantics. To test this assumption, a representative corpus of English and Russian phraseological units (more than 3,000) is analyzed. In the course of the analysis different types of synesthetic transfers that underlie the phraseological meanings in question are established. Special attention is paid to the way in which synesthesia is involved in the construction of the deep stratum of phraseological semantics that consists of the conceptual foundation (i.e., macro-metaphorical conceptual model) and phraseological image. Overall, the study offers further evidence that phraseological meaning is derived from the perceptual experience and from various synesthetic transfers in particular.

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语词形成过程中的联觉：一种新方法

摘要本文旨在探讨词组形成过程与感知过程之间的关系，感知过程是人类认知活动的组成部分。具体来说，研究集中于联觉在短语意义构建中的作用。我们从这样的主张出发：语言语义保留了人类在感知世界时通过多种感官渠道获得的知觉体验。因此，该研究的主要假设之一是，由于各种知觉感觉及其（子）形式的交叉整合而导致的联觉会影响措辞学的形成，并可以追溯到其语义上。为了检验此假设，分析了具有代表性的英语和俄语短语单位（超过3,000个）的语料库。在分析过程中，建立了所讨论措辞意义基础上的不同类型的合成转移。要特别注意联觉参与短语语义深层次构建的方式，该层次由概念基础（即宏观隐喻概念模型）和短语图像组成。总体而言，该研究提供了进一步的证据，表明词义是从感知经验中衍生出来的，尤其是从各种合成转移中获得的。宏观隐喻概念模型）和词组意象。总体而言，该研究提供了进一步的证据，表明词义是从感知经验中衍生出来的，尤其是从各种合成转移中获得的。宏观隐喻概念模型）和词组意象。总体而言，该研究提供了进一步的证据，表明词义是从感知经验中衍生出来的，尤其是从各种合成转移中获得的。