GENDER SYMMETRICAL LEXIS IN MODERN GERMAN LANGUAGE
This article discusses the process of feminization in modern German vocabulary as a reflection of social changes regarding the androcentricity of the German language. The gender symmetrical language conception involves the elimination of the reduction of universal opinion to a single male norm, positioned as cross-functional, as well as overcoming the derogatory image of women by changing existing language norms. The purpose of this language correction is to exclude the possibility of discrimination on the basis of gender when using certain vocabulary both in the case of personal reference to female persons, and in cases of reference to a group of people. This is expressed in the taboo of words or phrases that are perceived by a certain group of people as offensive, and in the establishment of other, politically correct ones, which are supposed to be tactful, socially acceptable in relation to various social and political groups that exclude any kind of discrimination. The purpose of this article is to distinguish the processes of changing linguistic norms by analyzing current trends aimed at eliminating gender asymmetries in German vocabulary and lexical morphology.