Language means of realization of the concept “femininity” in Nabokov's Russian prose

The article focuses on the linguistic means and methods of realization of the concept "femininity" on the material of Nabokov’s Russian prose. The explanation of the concept "femininity" is given according to the dictionaries of the Russian language and encyclopedias. The article analyzes lexemes belonging to the semantic field of the concept "femininity" and methods of their implicit expression in the literary works by V. Nabokov. The research shows the individual features of Nabokov’s language: occasional and unusual use of lexical units. At the same time, it reveals additional parameters of femininity, which are identified in the analysis of the illustrative material. The research is of practical character; its materials may be used in learning the Russian literary language resources based on the literary works of V. Nabokov, the classic of the world literature.