The paper presents some results of the current stage of the comprehensive linguo-cognitive study of the conceptual content and semantic scope of the concept « русскость » («Russianness») in the national sphere of concepts and of the peculiarities of its language objectification in the Russian language. The aim of the study is to describe the peculiarities of this concept’s paradigmatic realization. We identify synonymic (quasi-synonymic), antonymic (quasi-antonymic), hypo-hyperonymic and associative links and relations between the words representing the concept. The research is based on the use of conceptual analysis methods elaborated by Lobachevsky University scholars. Relations between the lexeme русский and the lexemes российский, национальный , народный , отечественный, etc. (quasi-synonymy), on the one hand, and the lexemes нерусский, антирусский, псевдорусский, etc. (quasi-antonymy), on the other hand are analyzed. It is concluded that the paradigmatic explication of the conceptual content of the concept « русскость » («Russianness») confirms many of the previously identified 29 cognitive features of the concept. At the same time, some new semantic components are discovered.
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