LEXICO-SEMANTIC PARADIGM OF THE CONCEPT OF SILENCE IN THE LESIA UKRAINKA’S LANGUAGE

The article uses the concept of silence as one fundamental principles human existence, which covers characteristics being, time, movement, analyzes development contextual lexical-semantic and stylistic nuances word in language Lesia Ukrainka. Taking into account common lexicographical interpretations token, expansion its semantic potential poetic texts is traced, formation positive emotional negative meaning paradigms shown. scale combines seven “calm”, “hope”, – “anxiety”, “pain”, “sadness”, “civil inaction”. Positive-emotional paradigm created mainly by images nature, negative-value philosophical psychological understanding mental state man at turn XIX early XX centuries. projection on self-expression Ukrainian national identity. Emphasis placed lexical individual-author features depiction natural sensual silence. multifunctionality means correlates with a person, his emotions, existential attitude. noun Lesіa Ukrainka’s creation testifies to positive-emotional negative-emotional ontological phenomena existence society.