University Teachers of Linguistics and Self-Image of Their Profession

The research is aimed at reconstructing a complex image of the teacher of linguistics profession. A profession image is characterized by complex field structure (includes the nucleus and the periphery) and consists of different semantic areas. Professional activity of a linguist appears to be of interest as it comprises different types of activity: teaching activity, organizational activity, scientific activity, publishing activity etc. The research material includes the results of a directed chain associative test with multiple reactions. The informants were Russian university teachers of linguistic subjects and master students of linguistics. Experimental data processing implied semantic classification of the reactions and their statistical analysis. The research was carried out in the “Semograph” information system at the stages of gathering the experimental data, classification of reactions, and compiling statistical tables. The research results demonstrate that the nucleus of the profession self-image is formed by the EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY and SUBJECT DOMAIN semantic fields. However, the structure of professional activity image rearranges depending on the informants’ qualification.