Topoconcept Magadan location in the Russian language picture of the world

Mageramova Yulia Yurievna

The article presents the results of the analysis of the structure of the toponymic concept of Magadan in the Russian linguistic picture of the world. The author proceeds from the position that the toponym, which is a concept, generalizes and reflects the collective historical and cultural experience in relation to a certain reality. In the course of the work, the methods of cognitive linguistics were used, which make it possible to make explicit the process of interaction between the language and its carrier during the conceptualization of space. By means of interpretive analysis of the obtained data, it was established that the conceptual core of the concept is the idea of the northern city - the capital of the “exiled Kolyma”. The associative, connotative and axiological components of this concept are revealed.

Keywords:cognitive linguistics, concept, concept structure, toponyms, toponymic concept, topoconcept Magadan, linguistic picture of the world.