GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN

Gender stereotypes are quite clearly recorded and reflected by zoomorphic metaphors and similes. The purpose of the article is to present a cumulative portrait of a man in the light of masculinity using zoomorphic metaphors and similes that reflect stereotypical ideas about a man. Metaphors and simi...

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Main Authors: Yu.V. Gorshunov, E.Yu. Gorshunova
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Language:deu
Published: Udmurt University Publishing Center 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.udsu.ru/multilingualism/article/view/9004/7629
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description Gender stereotypes are quite clearly recorded and reflected by zoomorphic metaphors and similes. The purpose of the article is to present a cumulative portrait of a man in the light of masculinity using zoomorphic metaphors and similes that reflect stereotypical ideas about a man. Metaphors and similes that characterize a man on the basis of physical data (body weight, muscle mass, strength, endurance, appearance) and qualities stereotypically attributed to large animals and predatory animals are considered, in particular, sexual activity as a manifestation of the instinct for self-preservation and procreation, attributed to some animals and transferred on a man as a bearer of the qualities of activity and inconstancy. The stereotypical portrait of a man in the mirror of English zoomorphic metaphor and simile is compiled on the results of the analysis of phraseological units in English and Russian linguistic cultures and illustrative examples from the fiction of modern English-speaking authors.
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spelling doaj-art-90cec7865e764bd49257319564dffbd52025-08-20T03:56:41ZdeuUdmurt University Publishing CenterМногоязычие в образовательном пространстве2500-32672500-07482024-06-01162178186 GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN Yu.V. Gorshunov 0E.Yu. Gorshunova1Doctor of Philology, Full Professor, the Department of Romance-Germanic Philology and Linguodidactics of the Ufa University of Science and Technology (Birsky Branch) (Birsk, Russia)Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Faculty of Social and Economic Scien ces of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia)Gender stereotypes are quite clearly recorded and reflected by zoomorphic metaphors and similes. The purpose of the article is to present a cumulative portrait of a man in the light of masculinity using zoomorphic metaphors and similes that reflect stereotypical ideas about a man. Metaphors and similes that characterize a man on the basis of physical data (body weight, muscle mass, strength, endurance, appearance) and qualities stereotypically attributed to large animals and predatory animals are considered, in particular, sexual activity as a manifestation of the instinct for self-preservation and procreation, attributed to some animals and transferred on a man as a bearer of the qualities of activity and inconstancy. The stereotypical portrait of a man in the mirror of English zoomorphic metaphor and simile is compiled on the results of the analysis of phraseological units in English and Russian linguistic cultures and illustrative examples from the fiction of modern English-speaking authors.https://journals.udsu.ru/multilingualism/article/view/9004/7629zoomorphic metaphorsimilegender aspectmasculinity
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GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
Многоязычие в образовательном пространстве
zoomorphic metaphor
simile
gender aspect
masculinity
title GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
title_full GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
title_fullStr GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
title_full_unstemmed GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
title_short GENDER ASPECT OF ENGLISH ZOOMORPHIC METAPHOR AND SIMILE: A STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAIT OF A MAN
title_sort gender aspect of english zoomorphic metaphor and simile a stereotypical portrait of a man
topic zoomorphic metaphor
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gender aspect
masculinity
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