GENERAL GENDER NOUNS: SEMANTICS AND FUNCTIONING

Abstract

The scientific work is dedicated to nouns of the common gender in the modern Russian language. The article examines the semantics, functional features of this class of words, as well as the problem of using nouns of the common gender in colloquial speech. The work reflects the content of the concept of “nouns of the common gender”, analyzes the achievements of linguists on the problem under study. Scientific works of M.V. Lomonosov, V.A. Bogoroditsky, V.V. Vinogradov, A.M. Peshkovsky, A.A. Shakhmatov, F.I. Buslaev, O.S. Akhmanova, K.S. Aksakov and others are considered. The article presents a classification of nouns of the common gender, reflecting the semantic features of this class of words. The work reflects the word-formation features of nouns of the common gender (describes productive ways of forming these words). At the end of the study, a conclusion is presented on the role of nouns of the common gender in the creation of colloquial texts from the point of view of their semantic and functional features.