METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND STAGES OF THE AMERICAN FRATERNAL SOCIOLECT RESEARCH

Abstract

The article presents the complex methodological framework used in the research of the common traits peculiar to the lingual representation of the activity of the students’ gender societies in the English language of the USA considering the aspects of linguostylistics, cultural linguistics and social linguistics. It defines the complex of methods necessary for realization of the tasks set in the research at its different stages. The author also fulfils the extension of the methodological spectrum and presents the specific approach to the study of the lingual phenomena of this type.