The article considers ethnic stereotypes reflected in idioms. Definitions are given of some terms used in the theory
of cross-cultural communication: “national cultural identification”, “self-identification”, “ours”, “other”, “foreign”.
The ethnonym is presented as a means of realizing national identification and self-identification in a language.
In the study of American idioms, the author enumerates the qualities that Americans ascribe to foreigners and provides
numerous examples. Finally, the author draws conclusions about the constituents of the cognitive phenomenon
“foreign” in American English.
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