ESTIMATION PROFILE OF CONCEPTUAL DOMAIN OF “PERCEPTION” AS A REALIZATION OF INTERPRETING POTENTIAL OF LEXICAL CATEGORIES, INCLUDED IN THE “FLORA” AREA (basing on the material of the German language)

Abstract

The analysis of the conceptual domain of “perception” and the secondary representation of this area is made by means of lexical categories, included in the “flora” area on the basis of the German language. The relevance is due to the never-ending interest of linguists in studying the process of interpretation and conceptualization, which is confirmed by the numerous works on these topics. The purpose is the analysis of the interpreting functions of lexical units that objectify the “flora” area in relation to the conceptual domain of “perception”, as well as the identification and analysis of the main interpretative formats of knowledge of these lexical units. The main methods are the method of conceptual analysis, the method of component analysis. The main features of the interpretative formats of knowledge of the lexical categories of the “flora” area are described in detail. During the study of the actual material, interpretative features of the perception and observation format, associative format, peculiar to the categories of the given field were revealed. A number of lexical units included in the “flora” area were analyzed, and the main conclusions were drawn on the ways of their interpreting the conceptual domain of “perception” in the German language.