Языковая экспликация концепта рельеф земли в русском языке
THE LINGUISTIC EXPLANATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SHAPE OF SURFACE

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the reconstruction of the linguistic picture of the world. The analysisconcerns one of the forms of explanation of the concept of “shape of surface” – i.e., lexemesverbalizing this concept. The richness of linguistic resources which verbalize the concept of “shapeof surface” testifies to its importance to Russian mentality. Characteristics of the shape of surface,documented by linguistic data, are: “place,” “shape,” “size,” “way of formation,” “presence ofvegetation,” “kind of mineral of the hill,” “existence of water in recess,” “existence of the crater,”“ranges.”

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