SOCIOLINGUISTIC FACTORS OF GENDER STEREOTYPES IN PROVERBS: LANGUAGE, SOCIETY, AND NATIONAL MENTALITY (A CASE STUDY OF UZBEK AND ENGLISH FOLK PROVERBS)
Keywords:
sociolinguistics, gender stereotypes, paremiology, national mentality, language and society, Uzbek proverbs, English proverbs, speech behaviour.Abstract
This article examines, using a comparative method, the sociolinguistic factors of gender stereotypes in Uzbek and English proverbs – the interplay of language, society and national mentality. Patriarchal social structure, religious-cultural values, collectivist and individualist norms, and norms of speech behaviour are analysed. The study reveals both sociolinguistically universal and nationally specific aspects of gender stereotypes encoded in proverbs.
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