Indirect - Conventionalized - Direct Nominal: the Way of Entrenchment in the Text
A cognitive model of indirect nominal entrenchment in the text is presented in the article. The final operation of entrenchment is marked with the change from indirect nominal to direct nominal in relation to the referent. The model is dynamic, conceptual and heuristic. Textual defocusing is the basic cognitive mechanism realizing the nominal function shift from indirect to direct one. The topical issue of the article is the process of indirect nominal entrenchment.