CURRENT VALUESOF PRONOUNS IN THE ORAL SPONTANEOUS SPEECH OF ELDERLY PEOPLE
On the material of colloquial speech of women older than 60 years old, the actual meanings of pronouns are analyzed. The choice of units of analysis is justified. A well-known conclusion is that older people choose a high level of abstraction because of a reduction in the amount of information they can process (S. Adams). In the pronouns, the denotative component of the value is empty, which makes them suitable for abstracting information and makes it possible to verify this statement. The analysis of oral statements with pronouns did not reveal a communicatively unjustified generalization in the presentation of information. The lack of detail as a result of the use of place names is due to a hierarchy of meanings requiring the "roll up" of irrelevant information. In contexts, pronouns actualize the meanings of routine actions or model future events, which correlates with the language rules of their use and the content of speech.