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ABSTRACT
In this article, the study of such terms as concept, conceptualization, categorization, conceptual semantics, linguistic
semantics, microconcept, macroconcept, verbalizer, verbal means, non-verbal means, which are widely used in world
linguistics, by linguists, as well as the opinions put forward by each scientist within the framework of terms are being
studied. It is also explained that when a person understands, compares, compares and observes the realities of
material existence, the term concept and the process of categorization are comprehended, a conceptual picture of
the world composed of concepts is formed in his mind, and the expression of these concepts through the language
units of certain language levels.
KEYWORDS
Concept, term, linguistic knowledge, conceptualization, categorization, experience, substance, object, semantic field,
thematic group, communicative process, linguistic field, concept, cognitive psychology, cognitive linguistics, lexical,
phraseological, stylistic concept, conceptual semantics, linguistic semantics, microconcept, macroconcept, verbalizer,
verbal agent, nonverbal agent, paralinguistic verbalizer.
INTRODUCTION
It is known that as soon as a person is born, he
becomes a participant and observer of the events
taking place in the environment. He understands,
analyzes the realities of material existence and
Research Article
ON THE STUDY OF THE CONCEPT TERM IN WORLD LINGUISTICS
Submission Date:
May 21, 2023,
Accepted Date:
May 26, 2023,
Published Date:
May 31, 2023
Crossref doi:
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I.U. Tajiboev
Namangan State University, Ph.D. Student, Department Of English Language And Literature, Uzbekistan
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compares, compares and observes various objects and
processes. As a result, a person absorbs a certain
experience and knowledge, assimilates it into his mind,
and thus a conceptual picture of the world is formed in
his mind, consisting of concepts of different levels of
complexity and abstraction.
E.S. Kubryakova writes about the processes of
conceptualization and categorization, which are
important processes of such an observation: "The
process of conceptualization is aimed at dividing the
structure of human experience into the smallest
meaningful units, while the process of categorization is
similar and aimed at differentiating, classifying,
differentiating the same units from each other and
uniting them into relatively larger groups and
categories [5; 93].
So, in the process of processing the received
information, a person divides existence into parts,
objects into classes, groups, categories, unites suitable
objects into certain categories. Categorization is seen
in the language by combining different linguistic units
into semantic classes (semantic field, thematic group).
For example, lexemes of the verb word group are
called "verbs of action", "verbs of state", When we
divide them into groups such as "verbs of speech" and
"verbs of expressing -feelings", we understand the
essence of this phenomenon more deeply [3; 14-24].
Analysis of literature on the topic. The term concept
does not appear in most dictionaries of linguistics. In
Russian linguistics, this term was introduced into
scientific circulation by philosophers in the first quarter
of the 20th century.
According to S.Askoldov, representatives of different
nationalities
communicate
through
concepts,
therefore, creating and understanding concepts is a
two-way communicative process. Such a system
existing in the linguistic space determines the
uniqueness of the national landscape of existence [1;
267-279].
The term concept is actually the Latin word conceptus,
which means concept. This term was used in linguistics
as a synonym of the word "concept" until the 80s of
the last century, but today it can be seen that its
interpretation has expanded compared to the term
concept. N.Yu. Shvedova admits that the concept is a
concept, and behind this concept there is a content
that is perceived socially or subjectively, reflects the
important material, mental, and spiritual aspects of
human life, has its own historical roots, and reflects the
common experience of the people. [8; 603].
According to E.S. Kubryakova, the term "concept"
serves as an "umbrella" for the sciences of cognitive
psychology, cognitive linguistics, and linguocultural
science dealing with problems such as thinking,
understanding, data storage and processing [4; 34-47].
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Currently, there are three main approaches to
understanding the concept in the science of linguistics:
The first approach to the study of the concept is
associated with the name of S. Stepanov, and more
attention is paid to the cultural aspect, in which a
whole culture is a set of concepts and the relationship
between them is implied. Therefore, the concept is the
main part of culture in the mental world of a person. A
person imagines concepts as a part of national culture
[6; 49]. They occupy a central position in the
consciousness of the language community, and
therefore their research is very relevant.
The second approach to understanding the concept is
associated with the name of N.D. Arutyunova and the
representatives of her school, and the semantics of the
linguistic sign is the only tool in the structure of the
concept.
Supporters of the third approach are D.S. Likhachev,
E.S. Kubryakova and others. According to them, the
concept is formed directly from the meaning of the
word, is closely related to the result of life experiences
in human life, and they put forward the ideas that the
perception of the events in the world has an individual
character.
Some researchers propose to distinguish groups of
syntactic
concepts
along
with
lexical
and
phraseological concepts. Based on these, Professor G.
Khoshimov mentions that along with lexical,
phraseological, and stylistic concepts, they can be
divided into "single and double" types.
The founders of such concepts enter into two types of
relations with each other: a) an antonymic relation
(young-old, friend-enemy, etc.); b) synonymous
relationship. Concepts belonging to the first group are
called paired "heteroconcepts" in linguistics, while
concepts belonging to the second group can be called
"homoconcepts" or "alloconcepts" [7; 65-67].
Research methodology. "Concept", which is the object
of
study
of
cognitive
linguistics
and
linguoculturalology, is a comprehensive concept that
has ontologically high generalization and the
possibility of expression through different levels and
means of language, creating a unique semantic field in
each language.
The notion of a concept reflects the interdependence
and cooperation of such sciences as logic, psychology,
linguistics, and the theory of knowledge. More
precisely, the concept should be interpreted with
multifaceted,
integrative,
i.e.
logical-linguistic-
epistemological term functions. A concept is
considered a unit of thought, based on understanding,
meaning and image, and it is called a generalization of
knowledge. It is a unit with a high level of content
generality.
It is known that when perceiving an objective being,
feelings, intuitions, imaginations, thoughts, ideas,
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concepts about it are cognitive (or conceptual) in
thinking through two important inseparable mental
processes, i.e. conceptualization and categorization
processes, i.e. It is natural to be embodied in
perceptual semantics or "concepts" and directly
embodied through language elements, i.e. verbal tools
(verbalizers/actualizers/representatives).
“When talking about the term "semantics", it should
be fundamentally distinguished from "content", and
"content" from "meaning". By "semantics" we
understand the typical "ma'no" in Uzbek, "znachenie"
in Russian, or "meaning" in English. Content is the
realization of semantics (meaning) in concrete
situations in speech.
ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
It can be seen that semantics is general and has an
international nature. In fact, it is divided into two main
types: 1) "conceptual (or cognitive) semantics", (it is
abstract mental (perceptual) semantics in thinking); 2)
"linguistic semantics", this semantics is a consequence
of the realization of the above-mentioned perceptual
semantics through the means of language units, and is
a property of language. In this sense, perceptual
semantics can be called a property of thinking.
Thus, perceptual semantics as conceptual semantics
forms the philosophical and logical basis of linguistic
(language) semantics. They are types of semantics that
require each other. Conceptual semantics is primary,
and linguistic semantics is secondary. Being the result
of mental and cognitive processes in thinking, it is their
direct product in language and is directly manifested in
language through verbal tools (verbalizers). However,
it is difficult to say that the concept or conceptual
semantics is always fully and completely expressed in
the language through linguistic semantics, because, in
our opinion, there are not enough verbalizers to realize
all aspects of this concept in the language [7; 67-68].
It is worth saying that conceptual semantics, in turn,
forms the direct cognitive basis of the concept in
thinking. It is possible to put an equal sign between
them, but in any case, the concept serves as a framed
structure of conceptual semantics, not its opposite. It
is worth noting that several closely related conceptual
semantics - "microconcepts" can be inside one
"macroconcept" shell, about "paired concepts" and
their
types
such
as
"homoconcept"
and
"heteroconcept".
researchers
also
expressed
important opinions [7; 69].
Therefore, it is not wrong to say that conceptual
semantics or concept is the final result of certain
conceptual
and
categorical
(differentiation,
comparison, sorting and sorting) processes in thinking,
because it (concept) is the only means of perceiving
material existence and is a direct result of
conceptualization, categorization and other such
complex processes. When a certain part of the
objective existence is perceived at one level or
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another, it is embodied as conceptual semantics (s), i.e.
concepts) and is directly manifested through the
means of language.
CONCLUSIONS
The logical conclusion from the above comments is
that "the unity of thought and the linguistic realization
of the concept that occurs as a mental phenomenon is
also the result of speech thinking activity." It should be
noted that "the perception of the material world
requires the creation of an understanding of the
perceived object - events, and later this understanding
is formed as a mental model - concept and receives a
material name. Linguistic memory plays the main role
in the successful (successful or unsuccessful) process
of this type of multi-level linguistic and psychological
activity. So, in this sense, the "linguosphere" and
"linguality" of the speaker of the language naturally
have an important place."
It is known that phoneme (phonomorpheme),
morpheme,
lexeme,
syntaxeme
(phraseme,
sentenceme), "phraseomeme", i.e. phraseological
units and textemas (discourses) are widely used
existing integrated units, i.e. language tools - are emic
units, and at the same time they are verbalizers that
verbalize conceptual semantics (concepts) in human
thinking - conceptosphere. When they are used
(represented) in concrete speech, they become ethical
units such as background, morphophone, morph, lex,
phrase, sentence, idiom (phraseological unit) and text.
It is worth noting that this or that concept can be
expressed through the units of certain language levels,
and some of them can be expressed through the
language units of all the existing language levels listed
above. In the first case, we are dealing with
"microconcepts", and in the second case with
"macroconcepts". can be delegated".
Language can be expressed through a system of
specific verbal and non-verbal means (gesture, face,
head, eyebrow(s), lips, eye(s), nose and other organs
and div movements) tools are generally referred to
as "verbalizers" (or "representatives", "actualizers",
"objectifiers"), and it is appropriate to call nonverbal
tools
"paralinguistic
tools"
(more
precisely,
paralinguistic verbalizers).
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