Семантическое поле «Дом. Семья» в гендерном асп екте

• Semantic field "Home. Family" in gender aspect
• Semantinis laukas "Namai. Šeima": lyčių aspektas

ENThe present article is devoted to the study of peculiarities of linguistic consciousness of representatives of various lingvo-cultural societies, determination of national specific features in modes of consciousness of representatives of Russian and Lithuanian cultures, specification of general and specific things in male and female linguistic consciousness of Lithuanians and Russians living on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. The aim of the present work is the study of national cultural specific character of male and female linguistic consciousness of Lithuanians and Russians living in Lithuania. The object of the research is the semantic field “Home. Family” in the gender aspect. In the course of the analysis, a group of informants was studied, which included male and female students of Šiauliai and Klaipėda Universities aged 17-27, who were Lithuanian and Russian native-speakers. The total amount of respondents made 800 people. The semantic, statistical and comparative analysis of respondents’ reaction to the proposed words-motivations was conducted. The analysis revealed certain differences in the national consciousness of Lithuanians and Russians, as well as the consciousness of men and women.