An attempt of systemizing notions in the sphere of linguistic conceptology

Abstract

The author discusses further evolution of linguoconceptology – a branch of science located at the junction of language and culture studies. The author notes that it is still passing the stage of formation. This is manifested in the ongoing discussions about its key notions, in insufficiently hard and fast lines between the meanings of its terms, in partial intersection of notion volumes. As to the level of systemness, linguoconceptology is still inferior to lexical semantics, which in the 20th Сentury became a highly systemized discipline under the influence of structuralism. In this regard, the author set the task to clarify the ratio of the volumes and contents of some related notions of linguoconceptology, to reveal the nature of the connections between them, to eliminate terminological duplication, to avoid intersection of term meanings and, in general, to sharply outline the semantic grid that linguoconceptology imposes on its object. In particular, the author describes the types of relations between members of the conceptual field (incorporation, hyper-hyponymy, centering), offers an interpretation of the relationship between the notions of “concept zone”, “conceptual field” and “conceptual sphere”, discusses the possibility of using the allo-emic approach in linguoconceptology.

Keywords

• terminological fund
• terminological field
• terminological system
• zone of a concept
• conceptual field
• linguoconceptosphere
• incorporation
• hyper-hyponymy
• centering