Ключевые слова: сознание, языковое сознание, коммуникативное және когнитивное сознание, антропоцентризм, этноцентризм, мышление, речь, картина мира In the article the development of the concept of «Language consciousness» is examined by linguistic. The analysis of the main paradigms of solving this problem by different scientists allows to make a conclusion about the complexity of the concept «language consciousness». It also considers the types of linguistic consciousness, its functions, phenomena and means of determining the linguistic consciousness of a person.