M: Science, 1966. — 305 s. Scientific Interests of Y. D. Apresyan is diverse, but the central area of his research has always been lexical semantics. He wrote several detailed reviews on the history of semantics and included in the same series of books "Ideas and methods of modern structural linguistics" .. This book is an essay, the purpose of which is to introduce the reader to the problems and methods of modern structural linguistics and prepare him for reading special literature. The author focused on problems from the field of morphology, syntax and semantics. Part I of the book gives an outline of the history of classical structural linguistics and its schools. Part II deals with the main issues related to the concept of the linguistic model - the central concept of modern structural linguistics. The last three parts describe different types of linguistic models. The First Book of Y. D. Apressana, which combined detail and factual accuracy with the popularity and fascination of the presentation, became a bestseller for many years and was translated into all major European languages (and published twice in German and Spanish).