Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)13103Research ArticleSTRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE IMAGE EMPIREIN LINGUISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MODERN ADOLESCENT (13-15 YEARS): EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHSchennikovaNina V-FGBOU VPO Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia150320153192517092016Copyright © 2015, Schennikova N.V.2015The article is dedicated to the problem of the influence of the computer games the linguistic consciousness of the modern adolescent. The subject of the research is the changing of the meaning of a word understood as a “subjective content of the sign image”. As a result of conducting a free associative experiment with adolescents aged 13-15 quantitative and qualitative changes were revealed in the content of the associative field of the word “Empire”.linguistic consciousnessontogenythe meaning of a wordthe influence of computer games the linguistic consciousnessassociative experimentязыковое сознаниеонтогенеззначение словавоздействие компьютерных игр на языковое сознаниеассоциативный эксперимент