Cognitive nature of metaphor in the language of Olga Kobylyanska's works

The purpose of the article is to analyze structural and semantic features metaphor in Olga Kobylyanska’s artistic discourse. relevance determined by need further in-depth study Kobylyanskaya idiostyle order form a cognitive-pragmatic conception writer's novelty scientific work due fact that cognitive nature language O. works studied for first time. Research methods. In as main general methods analysis synthesis are used, well linguistic – descriptive, comparative historical Conclusions. Kobylyanska's discourse characterized convergence means, particular, her full metaphors different nature. We recorded one-word multi-words metaphors. One-word dominated addresses. load falls on one components syntactic construction. Many describe mental state human. Often complemented comparison, inversion, oxymoron etc. creating metaphorical constructions writer uses following images: soul, heart (to convey psycho-emotional characters), bread denote property status), lilies (means pure girl’s love), dirty spot difficult memories), sun souls depict joyful events). Metaphors contain number verbs used figuratively. distinguish formed basis interparadigmatic transferred meanings, which come from (sculpture), musical, theatrical, sacred, financial spheres.