THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS AS A SCIENCE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the history of the formation of cognitive linguistics. The objective of the article is to compare features of the development of this discipline in Western countries and Russia. The cognitive approach to language learning that emerged in the second half of the 20th century radically changed the understanding of the basics and goals of linguistic research. It has become widespread in different countries and has not lost its relevance to date. The study of language systems outside of connection with human thinking is now insufficient. The idea of language as an operator of processes occurring in consciousness and an instrument of cognitive activity makes it possible to bring linguistic research to a new level. Thanks to the cognitive approach, attention is drawn to the role of language in memorizing information, the peculiarities of conceptualizing reality and other significant aspects that have long remained out of the field of view of scientists.