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Stereotypy językowe w dowcipach rosyjskich
LINGUISTIC STEREOTYPES IN RUSSIAN JOKES

Author(s): Alla Kozhinova, Olga Potapowa
Subject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: jokes in the Russian language; national stereotypes; scripts; national character

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with Russian jokes. Jokes play a special role in people’s lives nowadays by, among others, contributing to the formulation of national stereotypes. In order to understand the mechanism of the influence of a joke on the mind of the receiver, it is necessary to analyze its textual components. A joke is construed as a type of text built on the basis of various mechanisms of the juxtaposition of scripts which constitute a type of equation. The equation contains constants, i.e. traits of human nature or patterns of behaviour in a given situation which lie at the root of a specific national character, and variables, i.e. the names of the representatives of given nationalities. A stereotype arises when a particular trait is regularly attributed to representatives of the same nationality.

  • Issue Year: 14/2002
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 69-91
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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