GENDER COMPONENT IN PHRASEOLOGISMS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE ENGLISH, GERMAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The article deals with the semantics of the English, German and Russian phraseologisms with a gender component, reveals ways to reflect gender relations in phraseology of different languages and cultures. In the work the semantic, corpus, comparative analysis is carried out. The study showed that phraseologisms with gender component can simultaneously relate to both women and men, which affects their use in contexts and character features. The important values of modern women are: clothing, feminism, professional realization, independence, beauty and appearance. The typical qualities of a woman are spontaneity, the presence of hobbies and interests. At the same time, action and restraint are stereotypical male characteristics. The corpus analysis revealed additional shades of phraseologisms, as well as stereotypical attitudes about women and men.