Volgina O. Changes of the stylistic marking in the French lexicographical sources of the 2nd half of the XXth century - the beginning of the XXIst century.

The thesis is dedicated to the study of lexical and stylistic system of modern French language, which is viewed from the social and cognitive lexicographical perspective. The stylistic meaning of the linguistic sign represents a stylistic subconcept - the expressive and evaluative quantum of knowledge about the concept, which is based on the associative and figurative perception of the surrounding reality. The lexical and stylistic subsystems are considered as the mental models fixed into the lexicographical dictionaries. Four mental stylistic models "familier", "populaire", "vulgaire" and "argot", their dynamics and role in the evolution of the conceptual picture of the world of French people are examined. According to these models the stylistic stratification of the verbal part of the basic concepts of modern French such as "homme / man", "femme / woman", "habitation / dwelling", "argent / money" are analyzed within the designated period of time (1968-2016). The general regularity of the development of the stylistic system of modern French is the tendency of weakening of its stylistic potential at the expense of the expansion of the spheres of functioning of its elements, reflected in the lexicographical sources, which is manifested in the democratization of the language, its familiarization and vulgarization. This regularity depends directly on the system of its mental models, which feel in themselves the influence of general language's laws and are characterized by the tendency of profound penetration to their structure the unregulated lexical elements.