Features of the gender picture of the world in Russian and English linguocultures at the lexical, grammatical and stylistic levels

this study is devoted to a comparative analysis of the features of gender worldview representation in Russian and English linguocultures at various levels of linguistic structure. The relevance of the work stems from the importance of understanding the culture-specific mechanisms of gender construction through language for effective intercultural communication and the overcoming of stereotypes. The aim of the study is to identify and systematize the specific traits of gender representation at the lexical, grammatical, and stylistic levels in both languages, as well as to determine how these differences are conditioned by cultural factors. The research methodology is based on the principles of comparative-contrastive analysis, linguistic cultural studies, and gender linguistics. A comprehensive analysis was conducted on corpora of texts of different functional styles (fiction, media, colloquial speech) in Russian and English. The main focus was on identifying and comparing gender-marked vocabulary, the specifics of grammatical categories (gender, articles, pronouns), and stylistic devices related to the expression of gender. The results of the study revealed significant differences between the two linguocultures. At the lexical level, English shows a greater tendency to neutralize gender markers in job titles, whereas Russian retains a pronounced grammatical gender category that influences nomination. The grammatical analysis confirmed the importance of the gender category in Russian for the obligatory indication of the referent’s sex and the emergence of gender-neutral pronouns as a developing phenomenon in English. At the stylistic level, differences were found in the use of metaphors, epithets, and evaluative expressions when describing individuals of different sexes, reflecting cultural stereotypes.

gender linguistics, comparative analysis, worldview, lexico-grammatical level, intercultural communication