GENDER REPRESENTATION AND COLLOCATIONAL PATTERNS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BNC AND COCA
Keywords:
Gender stereotypes, Corpus linguistics, BNC (British National Corpus), COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English), Collocation analysis, Linguistic representation, English language, Cross-cultural comparisonAbstract
This study investigates gender stereotypes in English by analyzing their linguistic representation in the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Using corpus-based methods, the research identifies collocational patterns, adjectives, and verbs commonly associated with male and female subjects. The comparative analysis highlights similarities and differences between British and American English in portraying gender roles. Findings suggest that language both reflects and reinforces social stereotypes, with certain traits and actions more frequently linked to one gender than the other. This study contributes to corpus linguistics and gender studies by providing empirical evidence of how English constructs gendered meanings, offering insights for future research on language, culture, and social perception.
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