The image of a woman in linguistic consciousness of the Yenisei Siberia inhabitants

Statement of the problem. The article examines the image of a woman in linguistic consciousness of the Yenisei Siberia inhabitants, identifies specific features of the regional linguistic consciousness. The study was based on data from the Associative dictionary of the Yenisei Siberia (from stimulus to reaction). Such analysis allows us to identify the main features of the studied image in the linguistic consciousness of Siberians, which is the object of our research. The purpose of this study is to identify the psycholinguistic perception of a woman by residents of the Yenisei Siberia. Research methods. To identify the value meanings of the image-concept “woman”, we conduct research by analyzing the associations presented in the dictionary from stimulus to reaction, which allows us to show general ideas about a woman as a cultural stereotype. Research results. As a result of the analysis, we came to the following conclusion: the image of a woman in the regional Siberian consciousness is associated with mother, beauty, fatal attraction, independent character, grace, and love. The main role of a woman, according to the representatives of the Krasnoyarsk territory, is to be a mother, mom, wife, beloved woman, grandmother, woman, who shows both female and male qualities in appropriate situations.