Stereotyped Perception of Animals in the Dutch Language: the Results of a Linguistic Experiment ; Стереотипное восприятие животных в нидерландском языке: результаты лингвистического эксперимента

The article describes the results of an associative experiment conducted in 2017, which involved 235 respondents. The author identified stereotyped characteristics of animals in Dutch. On the one hand, the characteristics manifest themselves in free associations with the zoonym. On the other hand, they can be obtained from sustainable comparisons, e. g. "as stupid as a donkey". These comparisons are seen as a sort of phraseological constructions. The experiment had two parts. In the "free associations" part, the respondents had to give a spontaneous reaction on a zoonym as stimulus, while in t... Mehr ...