Language projection of stereotypes in different linguistic cultures
https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2020-4-24-146-155
Abstract
The article reveals the peculiarities of transmission of stereotypical images of various cultures in the language of a native speaker. Through a comparative study of the material of languages with different structures (English, Russian and Kabardino-Circassian), the specificity of linguistic explication of ethnocultural stereotypes is analyzed. The analysis of language tools demonstrates that stereotype as an integral part of human thought processes and a conceptual picture of the world is inextricably linked with ethnic culture, acting as an accumulator of collective experience and a regulator of individual’s behavior, and language not only transmits stereotypes of national thinking and projects the human worldview, but also creates reality, forming corresponding images in the minds of communicants. The study of linguistic material of compared languages made it possible 1) to conclude that language reflects the specific perception of surrounding reality by representatives of different linguistic cultures, due to the national mentality; 2) to identify the peculiarities of national thinking in the process of stereotyping; and 3) to determine the function of stereotypes reflected in language in building a constructive intercultural dialogue. The target audience of the study may include university students following linguistic, ethnocultural programs, employees of educational and research institutions, as well as all interested in a comparative study of languages with different structures.
About the Author
E. V. Maremukova
Ministry of Culture of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elleonora V. Maremukova – PhD, chief specialist-expert of the Ministry of Culture of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
360000, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Nalchik, Keshokov street, 43.
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Maremukova E.V. Language projection of stereotypes in different linguistic cultures. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2020;6(4):146-155. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2020-4-24-146-155
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