Study of salt making lexis in sociolinguistic aspect

The article deals with the salt making lexis (thematic group “Household facility”) in a sociolinguistic aspect, namely with modern residents’ usage and their awareness of the lexis meaning. 24 respondents, Solikamsk residents, were questioned; their social characteristics were balanced in terms of gender, age, education and employment. The outcomes of the research allow to deduct the extent to which the social factors limit the salt making lexis functioning in the space of the modern city and predict the possible trends of development of this type of lexis in the future.