Ассоциативное поле лексемы ?животные? в языковой картине мира ребенка: динамический аспект

The article considers the associative field of the lexeme ?animals? in childs linguistic world-image of the XXI century. The author figures out how the lexeme is familiar to the modern child, determines the specificity of linguistic consciousness and worldview of the autobiographical hero and the children of the XXI century; and also conducts comparative analysis of the relevant thematic groups. The material for the investigation is taken from the autobiographical stories ?The Years of Childhood of Bagrov the Grandson? by S.T. Aksakov, ?Nikitas Childhood? by A.N. Tolstoy, ?The Last Bow? by V.P. Astafyev and data of the free association experiment.