Abstract
The paper presents a brief summary of the multi-level interdisciplinary research on Englishmen’s ethnic stereotypes about the Dutch and the ways they manifest themselves in the English language. Unconventionally, the national stereotype is investigated as a subject of Cognitive Linguistics. As a result, the term “conceptual model” is proposed as an equivalent to “conceptual metaphor”, and two conceptual models verbally represented by the ethnonym “Dutch” and phraseological units with this component are described. A literature review examines if the identified conceptual models are supported in literary discourse, then the usage of the key lexis is analyzed meticulously for the same purpose. The last part of the paper suggests the results of the experiment held to verify if the stereotypical perceptions of the Dutch are maintained by people in contemporary Great Britain. The results indicate that language plays a significant role in stereotype formation and maintenance.
Highlights
The paper presents a brief summary of the multi-level interdisciplinary research on Englishmen’s ethnic stereotypes about the Dutch and the ways they manifest themselves in the English language
To obtain a broader insight of how ethnic stereotypes are formed, maintained and manifested, it is necessary to integrate the data provided by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists, who in most cases do not engage with linguistics and undervalue the contribution it may bring to this field of research
The implication of the above-mentioned models may be traced in literary discourse, the statement supported by 26 examples of the use of phraseological units to manifest concept 1 “Dutch – relevant to the Dutch republic” and 24 contexts with phraseological units to go back to concept 2 “Dutch – in contradiction to conventional standards or negation provoking”
Summary
The paper presents a brief summary of the multi-level interdisciplinary research on Englishmen’s ethnic stereotypes about the Dutch and the ways they manifest themselves in the English language. The current research is aimed at investigating the English lexis (including phraseological units) that represent the realia of Dutch culture. The current study, is aimed at revealing the importance of verbal representation of the commonly perceived image of the national out-group. It is all the same based on the integration of multidisciplinary studies, including linguistics, social sciences, philosophy, and psychology. The distinct nature of stereotype as a mental model is presented across attributes whereas in most cases cognitive linguists deal with subjects From this stems our investigation into verbal representations of stereotyped evaluations,, with the following research questions framing our approach:
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