Author(s)

Dilaram Madaminova¹, Aida Zulpukarova¹, Zamira Sabiralieva², Aigul Abdraeva³, Kapar Zulpukarov¹, Darika Bekkulova⁴, Gulzada Raiymova⁵, Zhypargul Osmonbaeva⁶, Satina Ibraimova⁴, Zhypargul Abdullaeva^7*

¹Department of Philology, Regional Studies, Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
²Department of Russian Language Teaching Methodic, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
³Department of Foreign Languages, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁴Department of American Studies and Translation, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁵Department of Russian Language Practical Course, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁶Department of English Language Teaching Methodic, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
⁷Science and Research Department, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

This article discusses main approaches in the study of concept as a category of cognitive linguistics. Concept in the field of the cognitive linguistics can be observed as a unit of memory, also it is complex and multi-faceted phenomena. It has many varieties and types, defined and classified by linguocognitologists in completely different ways. The purpose of this article is to identify and characterize the main parameters of classification and typology of concept adopted in cognitive linguistics. Presentation of the materials carried out using the methods of comparison, analogy, and synthesis. As a result of this research, essential features of the concept were revealed with the greatest degree of completeness, and the most complete definition of the concept was proposed, combining the scientists’ contradictory opinions. The relevance of this research is absence of complete definition for concept in cognitive and general linguistics.

Concept, Cognitive Linguistics, Culturology, Cognitive Science, Micro Concept, Macro Concept, Mentality

Madaminova, D. , Zulpukarova, A. , Sabiralieva, Z. , Abdraeva, A. , Zulpukarov, K. , Bekkulova, D. , Raiymova, G. , Osmonbaeva, Z. , Ibraimova, S. and Abdullaeva, Z. (2021) Definition of Concept in the Russian Linguistic Field as a Cognitive Category. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 11, 149-157. doi: 10.4236/ojml.2021.112013.