Keyword: «the core of the concept»

Associative-Verbal Model of the Concept in the Naïve Picture of the Students’ World

Authors:

Elena Homchak,

Irina Volkova

The results of a free associative experiment are presented in the article. The cognitive analysis of the concept was carried out in Melitopol State University named after A.S. Makarenko according to a survey of the students. The core and periphery of the cognitive features of the concept are revealed; thus, the semantic content of the concept under investigation in the naïve picture of the students’ world is determined.

Keywords: associations, linguistic consciousness, free associative experiment, the core of the concept