Uzbekistan state world languages university d. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva

Descriptive concepts – qualify basic concepts: 1) dimensional concepts (shape, size, weight, deep); 2) qualitative concepts reflecting the quality (warm - cool, whole - partial, hard - soft); 3) quantitative concepts, reflecting quantity (only, much/many, few);

Relative concepts (denoting relationships): 1) evaluative concepts (good – bad, right – wrong, useful – useless, tasty – not tasty); 2) positional concepts (against, together, near, for, up-down); 3) concepts of privacy (mine – strange/alien, to give – to take, to have – to lose, to include – to exclude).

It should be mentioned that these types are divided into several subtypes. For instance, the class of cosmic concepts (sky, earth, moon) also includes:

1. 
   meteorological concepts (Rain, Snow, Thunderstorm, Comet);
   
2. 
   biological concepts (Human, Bird, Insect, Animal, Fish, Grass, Fruit);
   
3. 
   landscape concepts (Field, Forest, Mountain, Lake, See, Ocean, River, Road);
   
4. 
   artefact concepts (Factory, Mechanism, Instrument, Dish, Building).
   

In their turn, social concepts are subdivided into:

a) political, ideological and concepts of social status (Governer, Elite, Aristocrat, Worker, President, Emperor, the Rich, the Poor, Intelligent, Scientist);

b) concepts of nationality (Russian, Chinese, German, French);

c) concepts of power and management (Democracy, Freedom, Will, Tyranny);

d) concepts denoting interpersonal relations (Slavery, Power, Piece, War);

e) moral/ethic concepts (Honour, Duty, Shame, Devotion);

f) concepts denoting various activities (Labour, Game, Education, Holiday, Deed);

g) religious concepts (God, Pray, Sin, Confession, Virtue).

Psychological concepts are divided into:

a) concepts of inner world (Soul, Consciousness);

b) concepts of character (Arrogance, Bossiness, Modesty);

c) emotive concepts (Happiness, Joy, Sadness, Jealousy, Anguish, Worry);

d) mental concepts (Knowledge, Thought, Memory, Inspiration, Mind);

e) concepts of will (Wish, Desire, Duty) (Пименова, Кондратьева, 2011).

So, there are a lot of approaches to the problem of concept typology. The scholars provide a number of classification based on different criteria. It should be stressed that concept typology is not a simple matter and any discussion of it is bound to reflect more than one angle of vision.