The concept «elections» in the language and cognitive consciousness of a first-time Russian voter (based on the material of a free association experiment)

The following paper provides the results of the analysis of the concept elections in the language and cognitive consciousness of a first-time Russian voter. The research is carried out on the material of a free association experiment. The author presents the association field of the concept, the contents of the concept, the field organization, macrostructure and category structure of the concept. The paper also contains the calculation of evaluation indices of the concept. At the end of the paper, the author interprets the results of the research.