Relevant domestic concepts’ methodology

The paper follows the ongoing discussion on conceptualization methodology that was initiated by I. Levontina on the pages of Topics in the Study of Language in 2008. The author reviewed the first volume of Anthology of Concepts, I. Sternin and V. Karasik continued the debate in the second part of the conceptuary. The paper presents scientometric analysis of up-to-date linguistic works dedicated to various conceptualization aspects. Investigations in the context of leading linguistic schools, as well as psycholinguistic researches and studies within Moscow semantic school were analyzed. All theses on concepts in between 2012.01-2022.04 were taken from the official cite of HAC. Moreover, monographs and contributions from the database of RSCI were studied. The main body of this part consisted of the works published within the last ten years. Still some earlier researches were also engaged to show the whole picture. Special attention was paid to the methodology and material of the selected works. The obtained results show that 2/5 authors support I. Levontina’s proposal on how to investigate concepts. That suggested approach was elaborated within Moscow Semantic School, namely by Yu. D. Apresyan. Only 10% of researches are based on lexicographic sources, the rest rely on corpora, native speakers’ survey, field studies, etc. A quarter of theses’ authors applied various experimental techniques. To visualize the results of the survey different diagrams and charts are used. The paper is wrapped up with the subtotals of the ongoing discussion, some development prospects of domestic linguistic are suggested.

conceptualization, Anthology of Concepts, Moscow Semantic School, scientometric analysis, experimental techniques