GENDER ASPECT OF THE USE OF SIMILES IN THE MARI HEALING CHARMS
In the article the gender aspect of the use of similes in the Mari healing charming texts is shown. The structural and semantic characteristics of the simile as a leading lexical stylistic device in the charm genre are revealed; its types and functions in the formation of composition of the text are identified. The results which have a great significance for the interdisciplinary research are obtained thanks to the linguostylistic analysis of the charms used by folk healers in different situations.