Language Representations of Conceptual Phenomenon “Internet”: An Integrative Model Approach

This study investigates the composition and dynamic evolution of the nominal basis for the conceptual phenomenon known as “Internet” in the Russian language. A comprehensive methodology was employed to analyze linguistic data. The completeness of dictionary entries and lexical thesauri corresponding to this semantic domain is characterized. Through a corpus-based approach utilizing the Russian Web 2017 dataset, we identified the most influential components contributing to the language phenomenology of “Internet,” including terms such as program, website, network, phone, service. Derivatives like online store, internet platform, web service were also noted within the corpus. Additionally, established collocations include phrases such as visit a site, access the network, open a browser. Paradoxically, units such as content and technology exhibited low frequency in our sample. Pragmalinguistic analysis revealed that Internet-related lexemes are frequently used in pragmatically marked contexts within computer-mediated communication environments (digital forums, blogs, social media posts). These contexts encompassed evaluations (“convenient website”), requests (“send me the link”), narratives (“installed an app”). Using a search-cluster distribution method based on neural network architecture, we clarified the latent structure underlying the concept of “Internet” by identifying nine clusters: connection, technologies, users, content, etc. Applying an integrative model resulted in a set of 294 lexemes associated with the conceptual phenomenon of “Internet.”