MODELING OF DYNAMIC STRUCTURE OF GENDER STEREOTYPE Perm State University (Perm, Russia) Erofeeva Tamara The department of general and slavistic linguistics.

MODELING OF DYNAMIC STRUCTURE OF GENDER STEREOTYPE

Perm State University (Perm, Russia)Erofeeva Tamara

The department of general and slavistic [email protected]

Garanovich [email protected]

GENDER STEREOTYPES (GS)

«Cultural and socially influenced opinions and prepositions about qualities, attributes and norms of behavior of representatives of both sexes and their reflection in language» (Kirilina, 1999: 98).

Traditional researches of GS

on the basis of nominative and phraseological

units

with application of contrasting method

Group representations in one ethnic community

Differentiated description of language awareness of representatives of different social

groups

Variability of GS

Research actuality Studying of stereotypic concepts of “masculinity"

and "femininity"; Revealing of correlations between the content of

GS and social parameters of informants; Consideration of GS not only from the position of

cognitive linguistics, but also from sociolinguistics.

Hypothesis of research Formation of GS occurs as a result of

individual cognitive processes, and under the influence of social factors as well: concepts of a person are formed within the limits of the social groups to which he/she belongs.

Scientific novelty of the research

Dependence of GS on social factors is proved.

Field models of GS in which hierarchically ordered zones are allocated introduced for the first time .

The field structure of a GS allows to describe its variability and to consider it as a dynamic structure.

Research objectiveTo describe the variability of GS

depending on different social conditions

To show the dependence of GS on social characteristics of native

speakers.

Research material Data of linguistic experiments within native Russian speakers – the

reactions defining social-psychological characteristics of men (1202) and women (1162)

144 informantsage 72 informants (17-39) 72 informants (40-65)

speciality 36

humanities36

science36

humanities36

scienceformation 18

higher18

secondary 18

higher18

secondary18

higher18

secondary18

higher18

secondary

sex 9m

9w

9m

9w

9m

9w

9m

9w

9m

9w

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Object of the research

Lexico-semantic markers (LSM), obtained from the reactions of informants on the base of which stereotypes of masculinity-femininity have been modulated.

Subject of research

Particularities of formation, content and hierarchy of the lexico-semantic markers (LSM) of examined stereotypes in language consciousness of native Russian speakers, belonging to various social groups.

Theoretical positions of research of GS

1. The structure of stereotype

Individual-group level (individual-group

concepts)

Sociocultural level (socially-shared concepts)

2. The social background of any speaker has certain influence on the formation of GS: the person’s language awareness is naturally connected with the social activity of a person (A.N.Leontev 1975).

Stereotypes of masculinity and femininity (SM/SF)

Evaluation concepts of socio-psychological parameters of behavior and typical features of men and women, which are reflected in language and are formed in language consciousness of any society, any social group and any individual.

Methods (=complex of techniques)

Linguistic experiment Study of modern facts of language

Sociolinguistic technique and the balanced sampling of informants

Consideration of various social parameters

Semantic analysis of semantic blocks

Definition of the basic aspects of gender stereotyping

Quantitative data processing Distribution of reactions into social groups

Сorrelation of semantic zones of general and group stereotypes of masculinity-femininity

General GS Group GSCore Core

Core zone Core zone

Precore zone Precore zone

Peripheral zone Periphery (zone of peripherial reactions)

The core of general GS Masculinity (‘force’, ‘mind’ ); Femininity (‘beauty’, ‘tenderness’, ‘being

economical’);

The core zone of general GS

General GS Autostereotype of menCore Core

Core zone‘support’

Core zone

Precore zone Precore zone

Peripherial zone ‘support’ Periphery (zone of individual reactions)

Precore zone of general GS

General GS Group GS of womenCore Core

Core zone Core zone‘father’

Precore zone‘father’

‘commitment’

Precore zone

Peripherial zone Periphery (zone of individual reactions)

‘ambitions’

Peripherial zone of general GS

General GS Group GS of womenCore CoreCore zone Core zone

Precore zone Precore zonekindness’, ‘husband’,

‘loving’

Peripherial zone ‘kindness’, ‘husband’, ‘loving’

Periphery (zone of individual reactions)

The graph of distribution of occurances of men and women’s reactions in defining lexico-semantic markers

of masculinity

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Correlation of factors (r) between distributions of occurances of responses of informants belonging to

different social groups

Factor SM rGender 0,41

Age 0,51Formation 0,61Speciality 0,78

Factor SF rGender 0,70

Speciality 0,75Age 0,78Formation 0,78

Stereotypes of masculinity/femininity

Examined stereotypes of masculinity / femininity appear as complex «kaleidoscopic» cognitive formations generated in social and group language consciousness.

Studying social dependence of GS has shown the necessity of complex analysis of GS in language consciousness from linguistic and socio-phycological points of view.

MODELING OF DYNAMIC STRUCTURE OF GENDER STEREOTYPE

Perm State University (Perm, Russia)Erofeeva Tamara

The department of general and slavistic [email protected]

Garanovich [email protected]