Abstract
The article provides an example of adapting such methods of mathematical statistics as correlation and factor analysis to studying objects of culture, in particular a literary text. Our method of concept analysis, which is in accordance with the thesaurus model suggested by Val.A. Lukov and Vl.A. Lukov, was suggested by V.A. Maslova. It comprises the following levels of analysis, concentrating correspondingly on etymological, lexical, paremiological and contextual meanings of the concept selected. Our analysis of the ‘trommel’ concept (German for ‘drum’) on all of the four levels in the texts by H. Boll, L. Feuchtwanger, B. Brecht, Th. Mann and G. Grass has shown that the newly identified structure greatly increases the semantic load of the lexeme, adding a number of conceptual meanings to it. The volume of conceptual meaning found in the ‘trommel’ shows it to be a universal concept which both creates new concepts in the thesaurus of German world view and generates new meanings. The use of mathematical methods (correlation and factor analysis) helps us discover the meaning correlation quotient, as well as identify the structural components of a concept. These methods offer an opportunity to obtain objective data on concepts and other objects of culture, including those of painting, architecture, music; literature, etc.
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