Masharipov jahongir axmedovich conceptual analysis of the components of metaphor with the elements of mentality in english and uzbek

1.5.
 
Methods of analysis used in the study of concepts 
Having considered the notion of the concept from the standpoint of 
lingvocognitive, linguocultural and integrative approaches and defining its working 
formulation, let us proceed further to the study of the methodology of research and 
the description of the concept. 
Along with the existing term "concept" in modern linguistics, the 
methodology for the study of concepts, that is, conceptual analysis has also been 
developed. "The value of conceptual analysis is to trace the way of understanding 
the meaning of the concept and write down the result in a formalized semantic 
language." [Telia 1996: 97] 
It should be noted that at present the analysis of the concept is first and 
foremost a set of different research methods, rather than any special kind of 
interpretation of concepts. 
On the basis of what concepts should be considered, the language or 
extralinguistic orientation is predominant. If we are talking about concepts with 
certain objects of objective activity, the extra-linguistic focus, as well as the 
intuition of the researcher [Maslova 2015], is of utmost importance. 
In general, preference is given to the analysis of language forms (words, 
phrases, as well as individual texts and even works), however, a combination of 
non-linguistic data is also used, especially if the study is related to rather abstract 
concepts. 
In the opinion of Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternina, the total amount of speech 
methods that explicate the concept in the language at the current stage of its 
development, cannot provide a complete state of the process of its formation and 

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development, but it is through language tools that one can access the concept 
[Popova, Sternin 2001: 79]. 
It should be mentioned that in the study of concepts, the authors rely on the 
fact that the concept finds expression in different units of language. The deepest 
conception of the concept can be obtained by analyzing the paradigmatic means of 
the main lexeme, which forms the concept, the features of its use, and the stable 
combinations that reveal the content of the concept. 
V.I. Karasik and G.G. Slyshkin note that language units of different levels 
can lead to the same concept: lexemes, phraseological units, free phrases, 
sentences reflecting the concept [Slyshkin 2010: 42]. And according to V.N. Telia, 
the concept is "scattered" in the content of lexical units, the corpus of phraseology, 
the paremiological foundation and in the system of stable comparisons [Telia 1996: 
96]. 
So, the concept is most often considered through the semantics of the 
various linguistic units that reveal it, their vocabulary values and speech contexts. 
It is believed that "the more methods and techniques a researcher uses, the 
more features of the concept he will reveal, the closer the concept model will be 
built to the truth" [Popova, Sternin 2001: 152]. 
As a method of conceptual research, the analysis of vocabulary 
interpretations of various words determining the existing concept of culture is often 
used. Lexicographical terms often contain an important characteristic of the 
concept, their research provides the necessary information for the researcher. 
The semantics of the key lexeme, which calls the concept, most closely 
reflects the core of the concept. The study of the synonyms of the keyword 
expands the content of the concept with additional differential features. 
Most linguists note that there is a need to use the method of etymological 
analysis of the main lexemes, which makes it possible to detect their original form, 
shortened to basic features. 
An effective way is the study of stable units of language - phraseological 
units, proverbs, sayings, which form the interpretation field of the concept in the 

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works of Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternina and which allow you to form an idea of 
the value component of the concept. From the point of view of V.N. Telia, in the 
body of phraseology, the paremiological foundation, the reference images are 
reflected, that are characteristic of the language community under consideration.