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გენდერული სტერეოტიპების ენობრივი გამოხატულება ევროპულ და ქართულ ზღაპრებში
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2020
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The fairy tale which is considered as a sociolinguistic phenomenon reflects the gender
stereotypes established in a particular society. Besides, the fairy tale is one of the first sources
formulating stereotypical expectations and superstitions concerning gender roles.
This dissertation discusses the linguistic and social manifestations of gender stereotypes in
European and Georgian fairy tales and their impact on the formation of the gender worldview of
both young and older readers. The results of the study confirm that the stories in question reveal
stereotypical attitudes towards female characters, which is mostly manifested in a woman being
associated with family space, suppressing her voice and reducing the cognitive abilities of a
woman at the expense of foregrounding her external beauty. Gender stereotypes established in
society are also revealed in the gendered linguistic choices employed by the author while unfolding
the narrative. In particular, in this regard, the study of the material based on the classification
provided by Halliday (1985, 2014) revealed that in European and Georgian fairy tales women are
characterised by passive and negative cognitive process verbs, unlike male characters whose
physical or psychological portraits are described through active verbs. It should also be noted
that in the language of fairy tales, the stylistic means emerging in the narrative are also gendermarked.
It is also interesting to study the specifics of the expression of emotions in fairy tales,
which shows that a young reader has unhealthy expectations from an early age regarding the
general distribution of gender roles in society, standards of external and internal beauty and finally,
expressing emotions.
Experiments described in the second part of the dissertation show how stereotypically biased
cultures or age groups within them are regarding gender roles.
The dissertation confirms the idea (Burton, 1982) that linguistic (or, in this case, sociolinguistic
and stylistic) analysis is one way of perceiving language and the construction of "reality"
built in the language.
Because the fairy tale plays one of the most significant roles in the development of the
child, it is advisable to provide young readers with modern, more politically correct tales, in
which, unlike traditional forms, the gender roles of women and men are modified and presented
from a more progressive point of view.
stereotypes established in a particular society. Besides, the fairy tale is one of the first sources
formulating stereotypical expectations and superstitions concerning gender roles.
This dissertation discusses the linguistic and social manifestations of gender stereotypes in
European and Georgian fairy tales and their impact on the formation of the gender worldview of
both young and older readers. The results of the study confirm that the stories in question reveal
stereotypical attitudes towards female characters, which is mostly manifested in a woman being
associated with family space, suppressing her voice and reducing the cognitive abilities of a
woman at the expense of foregrounding her external beauty. Gender stereotypes established in
society are also revealed in the gendered linguistic choices employed by the author while unfolding
the narrative. In particular, in this regard, the study of the material based on the classification
provided by Halliday (1985, 2014) revealed that in European and Georgian fairy tales women are
characterised by passive and negative cognitive process verbs, unlike male characters whose
physical or psychological portraits are described through active verbs. It should also be noted
that in the language of fairy tales, the stylistic means emerging in the narrative are also gendermarked.
It is also interesting to study the specifics of the expression of emotions in fairy tales,
which shows that a young reader has unhealthy expectations from an early age regarding the
general distribution of gender roles in society, standards of external and internal beauty and finally,
expressing emotions.
Experiments described in the second part of the dissertation show how stereotypically biased
cultures or age groups within them are regarding gender roles.
The dissertation confirms the idea (Burton, 1982) that linguistic (or, in this case, sociolinguistic
and stylistic) analysis is one way of perceiving language and the construction of "reality"
built in the language.
Because the fairy tale plays one of the most significant roles in the development of the
child, it is advisable to provide young readers with modern, more politically correct tales, in
which, unlike traditional forms, the gender roles of women and men are modified and presented
from a more progressive point of view.
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