Concept TECHNOLOGY is an important element of the conceptual sphere of the English language, which is linked to three cognitive domains - KNOWLEDGE, HUMAN ACTIVITY and PRODUCT. Thestructure of the concept was explored through dictionary analysis using monolingual dictionaries of the English language and thesauruses, and through contextual analysis using English language corpus database. The concept has a complex structure, which includes a number of primary, as well as secondary, subconcepts; and, when the word representing the concept is used in context, only one of the subconcepts is expressed as a rule, occasionally more than one. The study has identified such subconcepts as APPLIED SCIENCE, METHOD, EQUIPMENT, SOPHISTICATION.The concept is mainly represented by the word technology, although sometimes by other words as well, such as technique, machinery, equipment. The study of the corpus database has also identified the relative frequency with which the subconcepts constituting TECHNOLOGY are expressed in context and revealed some new subconcepts that are evoked only in context.
Translated title of the contributionCONCEPT TECHNOLOGY: STRUCTURE AND CONTEXTUAL EXPRESSION
Original languageRussian
Title of host publicationСИНЕРГИЯ ЯЗЫКОВ И КУЛЬТУР: МЕЖДИСЦИПЛИНАРНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
Subtitle of host publicationматериалы международной научно-практической конференциям
Place of PublicationСПб
PublisherИздательство Санкт-Петербургского университета
Pages83-96
StatePublished - 2020
EventМеждународная конференция "Синергия языков и культур: междисциплинарные исследования" - Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 30 May 201931 May 2019
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ConferenceМеждународная конференция "Синергия языков и культур: междисциплинарные исследования"
Abbreviated titleСинергия языков и культур
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityСанкт-Петербург
Period30/05/1931/05/19
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