Gender stereotypes in semantics of Spanish proverbs

Tkachyova Anastasiya Aleksandrovna; Sharapova Lola Stanislavovna; Vakhidova Anastasiya Abdusamiyevna

doi:10.21744/lingcure.v5nS2.1811

Authors

Tkachyova Anastasiya Aleksandrovna
anastasiyavakhidova@gmail.com
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Sharapova Lola Stanislavovna Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Vakhidova Anastasiya Abdusamiyevna Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Keywords:

concept, femininity, gender, language picture, masculinity, paremiologia, proverbs, stereotype

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the investigation of gender stereotypes expressed in the Spanish language picture of the world on the material of Spanish proverbs about women and men. In the course of the investigation, we classified gender stereotypes to 6 types: age-related, descriptive, psychological, social, functional and sexual and gave examples for each type.

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