Gender in the Mirror of Aphorism: Essence, Language, Evolution
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2024-1-114-126
Abstract
Aim. To establish and describe the dynamics of sociocultural similarities and differences between British and American aphorisms with a gender assessment reflected in their semantics and structure.
Methodology. The main content of the study is the analysis of the subject of assessment in aphorisms, considering gender, social status, profession; establishing a conceptual space; identification and interpretation of cultural information reflected in the aphorisms of certain centuries through the method of linguoculturological analysis; comparison of sociocultural characteristics of British and American evaluative aphorisms using comparative analysis.
Results. The study of aphorisms from different eras made it possible to trace the process of formation of the axiological system of the American and British nations which contributes to understanding the peculiarities of the character of the English-speaking people. As a result of the study, the main differences between British and American evaluative aphoristic statements of a sociolinguistic nature were identified.
Research implications. The theoretical and practical significance of the article lies in the fact that the work contributes to the development of the cognitive essence and national and cultural specificity of aphorisms in the gender aspect, helps to identify the most effective ways to create vivid evaluative English and American aphorisms and to reveal and understand the process of inference of aphorisms of different structure, verbalizing the assessment of linguocultural images of men and women.
About the Authors
T. A. Shiryaeva
Pyatigorsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana A. Shiryaeva – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Department of the English Language and Professional Communication
prospect Kalinina 9, Pyatigorsk 357532, Stavropolskiy Region
V. V. Katermina
Kuban State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Veronika V. Katermina – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Department of English Philology
ulitsa Stavropolskaya 149, Krasnodar 350040, Krasnodar Region
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