Generalizacja w stereotypie na przykładzie aforyzmów (rosyjsko-polska konfrontacja)

Abstract

The article aims to analyse the mechanism of generalization in stereotyping, which is discussed on the basis of aphorisms. The gathered exemplification data shows that, in aphoristic writing, referring to stereotypes coded in human consciousness is regarded as very lively and creative strategy of expressing improper extrapolation, the forming of which stems form imprecise, unverified and subjective generalization, i.e. logically unfounded ascribing of a particular quality to all the objects of a class with a given name.