Language Expression of the Ukrainian Mentality from the Ukrainian and Slovak Perspectives Cover Image

Jazykové stvárnenie ukrajinskej mentality z ukrajinskej a slovenskej perspektívy
Language Expression of the Ukrainian Mentality from the Ukrainian and Slovak Perspectives

Author(s): Jarmila Kredátusová
Subject(s): Comparative Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Ukrainian; Slovak; mentality; mental; language; component; structure; selective schema; archetype;

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the author attempts to answer these research questions: 1. Which components create mentality of a Ukrainian man / a Ukrainian woman and what their form is? 2. What image about the Ukrainian men and women is constructed by Slovak and Ukrainian texts? 3. Do fixed models (stereotypes) in the image of the Ukrainian men and women exist in both Ukrainian and Slovak language? 4. Which are the dominant features (constants) of the Ukrainian men a women´s language image in Slovak and Ukrainian language? These questions are viewed and answered from two perspectives or approaches: from the Ukrainian perspective – the point of view of the Ukrainians themselves and from the Slovak – the point of view of Slovak language users – the Slovaks.

  • Issue Year: 53/2018
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 252-262
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak