Gender Aspect in the Kazakh Language (Based on Proverbs and Sayings)

• Main Authors: Shara Mazhitaeva, Akerke Tazhikeyeva
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2012-12-01
• Series: Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
• Subjects: Kazakh proverbs and sayings; anthropocentric trend; image of woman in the artworks; use of cognitive structures and conceptual models; the concept of "Kazakh woman".
• Online Access: http://www.erjournal.ru/pdf.html?n=1357285219.pdf
• ISSN: 2219-8229; 2224-0136

This article gives a brief review of the history of the research of proverbs and sayings in the Kazakh linguistics. Analysis of proverbs and sayings that are fount of folk wisdom, defining peculiarities of the national identity, makes it possible to show stereotypes of people’s perception of men and women and to determine their place and role in the society. Public and social circumstances of the creation of proverbs and sayings in the Kazakh language are considered.