Lexical Explication of Female Images in the Comedy of D. I. Fonvizin “The Brigadir”

Aim . To identify in the text of the comedy the units of the lexical-semantic level used by D. I. Fonvizin to create female images and to determine their functional and semantic significance. Methodology. The work uses a comprehensive methodology, including a descriptive-analytical method and a contextual analysis method. Results. The article presents the results of the study of the features of lexical and semantic means representing the female image in D. I. Fonvizin’s comedy “The Brigadier”. Research implications. The materials of the article and the results obtained can be used in the study of D. I. Fonvizin’s idiostyle and idiolect, in teaching the linguistic disciplines “Stylistics of the Russian language” and “The Language of fiction”.