Abstract
Stereotypes are the result of simplification and do not correspond to reality, but they emphasize qualities that people find important, and typical qualities of objects, events, and other people. They are usually formed based on unverified facts and rumors, and in this way they represent a preliminary phase in the formation of prejudices. This article uses corpus analysis to check whether the stereotype about women not saying anything smart is true. It is possible to carry this out methodologically on the basis of a suitable choice of verbs of speaking and their realization with the descriptive participle ending with l for the male gender and the descriptive participle ending with -la for the female gender. The validity of the stereotype is tested based on the frequency of one or the other form in the corpus Gigafida.
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