SYNERGETIC MODEL “ORDER-CHAOS-ORDER” IN THE RESEARCH OF CONCEPTS

Abstract

This article examines a possibility of synthesizing synergistic and cognitive linguistics research models, thus the applicability of principles of synergetics in relation to the research of concepts. The article discusses the basic concepts of synergetics – order (as well as order parameters, attractor of the system, fluctuations and bifurcation point) and chaos, along with a model for studying order-chaos-order systems. In addition, the article studies one of the main notions of cognitive linguistics – a concept, its structure and synergistic nature. The illustrative material in the article is presented through the means of analyzing the concept of happiness in the discourse of dystopia (such novels as “1984” by G. Orwell; “Brave New World by A. Huxley, “451 Fahrenheit” by Ray Bradbury” etc.) – how exactly the perception of this concept within the genre changes from a linguistic and cognitive point of view.