Reflection of space in language

The article deals with the analysis of the degree of study and scientific development of the issues of space's representation in language. It represents the review of the Russian linguists' works that reflect the basic directions of studying the category of “space”. There is indentified the role of spatial relations and concepts in language in accordance with cognitive paradigm. There are revealed the basic directions of researching the concept of “SPACE” and evaluated the opportunities of the further research based on the reviewed works.