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(Bubnova, Zikova, Krasnikh, & 

Ufimtseva, 2017, p. 102).

 

Consequently, a person percieves the world through the prism of his/her subjective 

experiences. From the psychological viewpoint, the comprehension of word by a person is the unity of 

generalization, communication and thinking processes.   

The origination of language and production of speech are directly connected with cognitive processes. Neither 

speech producing, nor communication can be imagined apart from cognition. During the history of classical 

psycholinguistics different researchers used various terms to denote the element enabling the realization of 

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cognitive and thinking processes. W. Wundt used the term “

the element of thinking

”, A. A. Leontyev used 

“

differential element

”, “

real and virtual sign

”, L. S. Vygotsky named “

word turned into act

” to denote the 

minimal appellative unit that ensures cognition. All the above notions mean the elements enabling the reflection 

of existing items, events and creatures of surrounding world in human brain. The theory of Linguo-Psychological 

Unity (LPU) recently created in the Azerbaijan linguistic science finds it more expedient to use the term “

the 

images of intellect

” equivalent to the real images of the units of reality, ensuring their perceiving and 

remembering