Words as Future Quantifiers

Abstract

The article presents a hypothesis of the role of language as a predictive framework, of the potential advance and foresight in a literary text, the ability of words to be quantifiers(semantic indicators) of the future. The phenomenon of language in its function of advance features is considered on the vast research tradition. The paper specifies which prevails as the leading carrier of meaning – the magic of the name or the dynamics of the verb, and also analyzes the cognitive function of a metaphor, which is able to create the future. The article raises the issue of the probable future modeling based on the interpretation of the text, its levels and codes; reveals how words can be “quantified” on the basis of the future of various options decoding poetic work. The classic diagram of the major components of the act of communication and language functions is broadened.