Word-formation metaphorization in colloquial vocabulary (based on the German verbal units)

The article is devoted to the problem of the word-formation metaphorization, examined in terms of the cognitive and structural-semantic approaches. The author focuses on the analysis of the colloquial verbal lexemes formed by a combination of the motivating verbal basis and a preverbal component - an adverb or a particle. The article considers the different types of the word-formation metaphorization on concrete examples.