@article{6e460185-5cb1-4e44-873a-6ade73e276c8,
author = {Renata Bura},
title = {Sorb self-stereotypes of the Sorb in Upper Sorbian proverbs},
journal = {Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis},
volume = {2012},
number = {Volume 129, Issue 1},
year = {2012},
issn = {1897-1059},
pages = {49-60},keywords = {Upper Sorbian language; Upper Sorbian phraseology; Upper Sorbian paremiology; national stereotypes; self-stereotype},
abstract = {National stereotypes, as with any stereotype, are a simplified representation of the external world. These simplified images find their reflection and are preserved in the language, in words, metaphors, proverbs, and phraseology. In Upper Sorbian paremiology a self-stereotype of the Sorb is found, a man who primarily sees himself in a positive light, as good, honest, devoted and faithful. A “true” Sorb is also hospitable and pious. The most important component of the sense of identity is, however, the linguistic distinctiveness, which is stressed in the proverbs and expressions. The self-evaluation is formulated against a clear stereotype of the German, who is treated as a “foreigner”, as well as a symbol of oppression. This stems from the common history and the co-existence of the two nations. However, the image of the German emerging from the Upper Sorbian proverbs is not exclusively negative. There is no ethnocentrism in the Sorbs’ self-stereotype as, despite stressing their own positive traits, they are objective and have a critical attitude towards their own vices. A clearly negative feature of the Sorbs, which appears regularly in the collected material, is the imitation of German customs. In order to describe such representatives of the Sorbian nation a pejorative ethnonym Němpula is used.},
doi = {10.4467/20834624SL.12.003.0592},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-linguistica-uic/article/sorb-self-stereotypes-of-the-sorb-in-upper-sorbian-proverbs}
}