Representation of the Samarkand text in the linguocognitive aspect

INTRODUCTION. The relevance of the study of the Samarkand text is due to the development of many issues related to the development of text theory and linguocognitive tradition in linguistics: the Samarkand text allows, on one toponym Samarkand, to identify a system of cognitive contexts, or conceptual thematic areas that underlie the formation of various meanings and senses that reflect information about certain facts and phenomena of reality associated with the toponym Samarkand. The purpose of the study is to establish the relationship of the toponym Samarkand with conceptual areas based on the identified characteristics and determine the status of the toponym as a special type of linguistic organization of knowledge.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The research material is poems in which the toponym Samarkand is presented. The collection of toponymic material is carried out using the continuous sampling method. The cognitive matrix method is used to describe the formats of toponymic knowledge.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. Turning to the format of the cognitive matrix made it possible to show how universal human knowledge about the structure of the surrounding reality behind the toponymic unit Samarkand is formatted.CONCLUSION. The status of the toponym Samarkand as a special type of linguistic organization of knowledge is determined, the role of the prevailing conceptual and thematic areas that form the content of the Samarkand text is revealed.