THE GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEXTUAL SYNONYMY (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE MODERN FEMALE PROSE)

The article deals with the gender characteristics of lexical synonymy on the material of modern female prose. On the the example of the context synonymy author justifies the importance and compulsory of the psycholinguistic approach for examining the words ambiguity. The definition of gender parameter is given. The impact of gender on the convergence of the words meanings in the speaker individual consciousness is explained. Contextual synonyms used in modern female prose are analyzed, which reflects the gender identity of verbal personalities. Component analysis describes the semantic structure of context-sensitive words.