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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">46246</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-43843</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BTGKOH</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Image schemas and the semantics of Serbian sports terminology: An innovative approach</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Cхемы-образы и семантика сербской спортивной терминологии: инновационный подход</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-3089</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Janić Mitić</surname><given-names>Aleksandra A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Янич Митич</surname><given-names>Александра А.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, is Associate Professor at the Department of Serbian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy in the Universiyu of Niš and is currently the department chair. Her research interests include contemporary Serbian, cognitive linguistics, contrastive linguistics, lexicology, and morphology. She was a member of project Structuring Concept Generation with the Help of Metaphor, Analogy and Schematicity - SCHEMAS (Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of Republic of Serbia, Grant No. 7715934) from 2022 until 2025.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры сербского языка и литературы философского факультета Университета в Нише (Сербия), в данный момент занимает должность заведующего кафедрой. Ее научноисследовательские интересы включают современный сербский язык, когнитивную лингвистику, сопоставительную лингвистику, лексикологию и морфологию. Участник проекта «Structuring Concept Generation with the Help of Metaphor, Analogy and Schematicity - SCHEMAS» (по программе «Идеи», поддерживаемой Министерством науки, технологического развития и инноваций Республики Сербия, № 7715934) в период с 2022 по 2025 гг.</p></bio><email>aleksandra.janic.mitic@filfak.ni.ac.rs</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-9373</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Veličković</surname><given-names>Marta V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Величкович</surname><given-names>Марта В.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of English at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. Her research interests include (applied) cognitive linguistics, translation studies, and contrastive linguistics. She was a member of project Structuring Concept Generation with the Help of Metaphor, Analogy and Schematicity - SCHEMAS (Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of Republic of Serbia, Grant No. 7715934) from 2022 until 2025. She is currently the co-editor of The SASE Journal, the journal of the Serbian Association for the Study of English.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка философского факультета Университета в Нише (Сербия). Ее научно-исследовательские интересы включают прикладную когнитивную лингвистику, переводоведение и сопоставительную лингвистику. В период с 2022 по 2025 гг. принимала участие в реализации проекта «Structuring Concept Generation with the Help of Metaphor, Analogy and Schematicity - SCHEMAS» (по программе «Идеи», поддерживаемой Министерством науки, технологического развития и инноваций Республики Сербия, № 7715934). Соредактор журнала Ассоциаиции англистов Сербии The SASE Journal.</p></bio><email>marta.velickovic@filfak.ni.ac.rs</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Niš</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Нишский Университет</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>586</fpage><lpage>606</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-02"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Janić Mitić A.A., Veličković M.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Янич Митич А.А., Величкович М.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Janić Mitić A., Veličković M.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Janić Mitić A.A., Veličković M.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Янич Митич А.А., Величкович М.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Janić Mitić A., Veličković M.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/46246">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/46246</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The terminology used in specialized areas of study is an essential part of communication among people active in those fields. However, variations in terminology across languages and cultures can hinder communication. This paper aims to outline the potential of using image schema clusters in analyzing (Serbian/English) sports terminology. The image schemas of FORCE &amp;lt;F&amp;gt;, PATH &amp;lt;P&amp;gt;, LINK &amp;lt;L&amp;gt;, and BALANCE &amp;lt;B&amp;gt;, their scalar values, and their corresponding specifiers (&amp;lt;end path&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;cycle&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;up&amp;gt;, etc.) were used to annotate and analyze a group of 140 Serbian language sports terms. An important part of the annotation process was the parsing of the event/movement to determine the number of individual segments included in the performance of each and ascribing to it specific schemas, their level of scalarity, and the appropriate specifiers. The focus was on the dynamic mental simulations of movement in sports, which are described as dynamic events that depict the athlete’s body in motion through time and space. The analysis addressed the issue of overcoming non-literal descriptions in sports terminology in favor of conveying the abstract nature of the underlying structures, thus rendering them universal. The findings indicate that the proposed image schema identification protocol can be used to identify the image schema clusters and their scalar values that determine the terms in the corpus. The study contributes to the achievement of transparency and clarity in sports terminology by precisely determining and formulating the meaning of concepts related to specific sports terms, which is essential for unimpeded communication in this area.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Терминология, используемая в специализированных областях знаний, является неотъемлемой частью общения между людьми, работающими в соответствующих сферах. Однако ее лингвокультурная специфика может затруднять это общение. Цель данной работы – показать возможность использования кластеров схем-образов в анализе (сербской/английской) спортивной терминологии. Схемы-образы СИЛА <span data-huuid="8832266344572861730"><code class="mv6bHd">&amp;lt;</code></span>F<code class="custom-scrollbar inline-flex max-w-full overflow-auto whitespace-nowrap break-words rounded bg-brand-light p-4 text-vienna">&amp;gt;</code>, НАПРАВЛЕНИЕ <span data-huuid="8832266344572861730"><code class="mv6bHd">&amp;lt;</code></span>P<code class="custom-scrollbar inline-flex max-w-full overflow-auto whitespace-nowrap break-words rounded bg-brand-light p-4 text-vienna">&amp;gt;</code>, СВЯЗЬ <span data-huuid="8832266344572861730"><code class="mv6bHd">&amp;lt;</code></span>L<code class="custom-scrollbar inline-flex max-w-full overflow-auto whitespace-nowrap break-words rounded bg-brand-light p-4 text-vienna">&amp;gt;</code> и РАВНОВЕСИЕ <span data-huuid="8832266344572861730"><code class="mv6bHd">&amp;lt;</code></span>B<code class="custom-scrollbar inline-flex max-w-full overflow-auto whitespace-nowrap break-words rounded bg-brand-light p-4 text-vienna">&amp;gt;</code>, их скалярные значения и соответствующие спецификаторы (&lt;конец движения&gt;, &lt;круг&gt;, &lt;вверх&gt; и т.д.) были использованы в аннотации и анализе 140 сербских выражений. Важной частью процесса составления аннотаций был анализ события/движения для определения количества отдельных сегментов, включенных в выполнение каждого из них, и приписывания им конкретных схем, их уровня масштабируемости и соответствующих спецификаторов. Основное внимание было уделено ментальному моделированию движения в спорте, представленному как динамическое событие, описывающее действия тела спортсмена при перемещении во времени и пространстве. В ходе анализа был рассмотрен вопрос о преодолении небуквальных описаний в спортивной терминологии в пользу передачи абстрактной природы лежащих в ее основе структур, что делает их универсальными. Результаты исследования показывают, что предложенный протокол идентификации схемы изображения можно использовать для идентификации кластеров схемы изображения и их скалярных значений, которые лежат в основе терминов, включенных в корпус. Исследование способствует достижению прозрачности и ясности в спортивной терминологии, т.е. точному формулированию значения понятий, связанных с конкретными спортивными терминами, что необходимо для беспрепятственного общения в данной области.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>schematicity</kwd><kwd>image schema</kwd><kwd>image schema clusters</kwd><kwd>sports terminology</kwd><kwd>Serbian</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>схематичность</kwd><kwd>схемы-образы</kwd><kwd>кластеры схем-образов</kwd><kwd>спортивная терминология</kwd><kwd>сербский язык</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">This research was funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Structuring Concept Generation with the Help of Metaphor, Analogy and Schematicity – SCHEMAS (Grant No. 7715934), and supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovations of the Republic of Serbia (Contract No. 451-03-137/2025-03/200165).</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alberts, Mariëtta. 2014. 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