This paper presents a study of the system of lexical devices used by English speakers to verbalize their personal memory experiences. The approach presented in the paper presupposes inclusion of non-narrative structures into the spectrum of language forms conveying mnemonic meanings and extends the latter so as to encompass the meanings of encoding, storage, retrieval and loss. The research is based on the hypothesis that lexical units expressing memory-related meanings in English constitute a specifically organized system. A variety of communicative contexts representing mnemonic situations are analyzed as to develop a typology of memory verbalizers in English, estimate their functional potential and role in objectifying personal memory experiences on the lexical level. The results confirm the original hypothesis and suggest that mnemonic lexicon as a linguistic reflection of the mnemonic faculty is an important and largely understudied element of the language – memory system.

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英语助记词：成分结构和语言化潜力

本文介绍了对英语使用者用来表达个人记忆体验的词汇系统系统的研究。本文提出的方法预先假定将非叙事结构包含在传达助记意义的语言形式的范围内，并将后者扩展到包含编码、存储、检索和丢失的意义。该研究基于这样一个假设，即在英语中表达记忆相关含义的词汇单元构成了一个专门组织的系统。分析了代表助记情境的各种交际语境，以开发英语记忆语言器的类型，估计它们的功能潜力和在词汇层面客观化个人记忆体验中的作用。