Abstract
In this paper the results of research on gender stereotypes underlying Spanish phraseology are presented. Its main aim is to reveal which gender stereotypes are explicitly or implicitly present in commonly used contemporary Spanish Phraseological Units (PUs). In order to achieve this goal, all PUs associated with men and women documented in the most complete dictionary of current Spanish phraseology (Diccionario fraseológico documentado del español actual: locuciones y modismos españoles) have been analysed. In order to systematize the analysis, an inventory of stereotypes has been collected and split into five main thematic categories: physical characteristics; attitude, personality and abilities; sexuality; family; activities and professions. Moreover, a sixth, transversal category has been added – the opposite male and female conceptualisations of the passing of time.
Highlights
In this paper the results of research on gender stereotypes underlying Spanish phraseology are presented
At least according to these authors, along with many other scholars connected with the cognitive linguistics approach to phraseology, the majority of Phraseological Units (PUs) are not linguistic but conceptual in nature; in other words: ‘An idiom is not just an expression that has a meaning that is somehow special in relation to the meanings of its constituting parts, but it arises from our more general knowledge of the world embodied in our conceptual system’ (Kövecses, 2002: 233)
This fact reinforces the importance of applying the gender studies perspective to PUs in order to show the stereotypes associated with men and women that underlie phraseology
Summary
1) Department of Romance Languages, University Palacký Olomouc, Czech Republic Date of publication: October 25th, 2018 Edition period: October – February 2019. To cite this article: Gutiérrez Rubio, E. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 7(3), 1709-1735. GÉNEROS –Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies Vol 7 No.. GÉNEROS –Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies Vol 7 No. October 2018 pp. 1709-1735
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