Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University466510.18287/2542-0445-2016-22-3.2-319-323UnknownCOGNITIVE ASPECTS OF SPEECH BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE CHARACTERS OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND AMERICAN DRAMATIC DISCOURSELeonovichL. M.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097Samara National Research University02032016223.23193230206201702062017Copyright © 2016, Leonovich L.M.2016<p>The article is aimed at describing and systematizing the maingender markers in contemporary British and American dramaticdiscourse female personages communication. Gender markersdynamics reveals tends and trends in the cognitive system of axiologicalparadigm of modern British and American dramatic discourse. Studiesof verbal behavior of the person in the stream of anthropocentricparadigm allows linguists to study the processes occurring at the timeof the voice phenomena, which reflects cultural, sexual, social andage factors. Any of these aspects affect the persons communicationstrategies that allow to explore the linguistic activity of the speaker interms of linguistic and cultural, conceptual and gender approaches.</p>dramatic discourse, gender, discourse analysis of the text, variation of the English language, concept.драматургический дискурс, гендер, дискурсивный анализ текста, вариативность английского языка, концепт.[1. Vasilieva I.B. K voprosu o gendernoi variativnosti v iazyke [To the question of the gender variation in language]. In: Funktsionirovanie leksicheskikh edinits i grammaticheskikh kategorii v russkom iazyke: mat-ly ezhegodn. nauch. seminara aspirantov [Function of the lexical units and grammatical categories in the Russian language: materials of annual scientific seminar of post-graduate students]. Kaliningrad: Izd-vo KGU, 2004, pp. 12–18 [in Russian].][2. Ponomarenko E.V., Kharkovskaya A.A. Funktsional’nye kharakteristiki kontsepta «DOROGA» v razlichnykh tipakh diskursivnogo prostranstva [Functional characteristics of the concept “ROAD” in different types of discourse space]. In: «Nauka i kul’tura Rossii», Mezhdunar.][nauchno-prakt. konf. (2014; Samara). XI Mezhdunarodnaia nauchno-prakticheskaia konferentsiia][«Nauka i kul’tura Rossii» [«Science and culture of Russia», International research and practice conference (2014, Samara). XI International research and practice conference «Science and culture of Russia»]. Samara: SamGUPS, 2014, 404 p. [in Russian].][3. Slyshkin G.G. Lingvokul’turnyi kontsept kak sistemnoe obrazovanie [Lingvocultural concept as systematic unit]. Vestnik VGU. Seriia “Lingvistika i mezhkul’turnaia kommunikatsiia” [Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Series: Linguistics and intercultural communication], 2004, no. 1, p. 144 [in Russian].][4. Chambers J. Small’s World. In: Singlelane, 2009. Retrieved from: http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/smallworld.html (accessed 17.03.16) [in English].][5. Eason L. When The Messenger Is Hot. In: Broadwayplaypubl., 2007. Retrieved from: http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/prod01ca.htm (accessed 17.03.16) [in English]][6. Joy J. American Standard. In: Singlelane, 2002. Retrieved from: http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/standard.html (accessed 17.03.16) [in English].][7. Klein J. Wishing Well. In: Broadwayplaypubl., 2006. Retrieved from: http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/prod01ca.htm (accessed 17.03.16) [in English]][8. Lennon M. And All His Songs Were Sad. In: Singlelane, 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/andallhissongs.html (accessed 17.03.16)[in English]][9. Norland J.A. Lizzy, Darcy and Jane. In: Singlelane, 2008. Retrieved from: http://][www.singlelane.com/proplay/lizzydarcyjane.html (accessed 17.03.16) [in English]][10. Scott E. The First Sunday In December, 2007, 10 p. Retrieved from: http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1115/extract (accessed 20.04.2016) [in English].][11. Wallace, N., McLeod B. The Girl Who Fell Through a Hole In Her Sweater. In: Broadwayplaypubl., 2003. Retrieved from: http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/prod01ca.htm][(accessed 17.03.16) [in English].]