1Professor, Doctor of Sciences, Alisher Navoi Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Email id: laylo-74@mail.ru
2Assistant Professor, Alisher Navoi Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Online Published on 01 August, 2022.
The concept as a mental formation is not only the result of cognitive activity of the individual and society, but also a reflection of the system of values, the attitude ofpublic consciousness to a particular object, phenomenon. The study of the concept sphere gives the key to understanding the thought processes of conceptualization and categorization of reality, as well as the worldview of a person within the language circle to which this person belongs. To analyze the semantic structure of the concept, various methods are used, of which the most important is the semantic-cognitive method, which was applied by us to the consideration of the concept “pride”.
Cognitive Linguistics, Self-Respect, Sememe, Pride, Arrogance, Lexicographic Sources, Graduonymicseries, Categorization, Lexeme, Cognitivism