"Ljubezen do hribov, domače hrane, športa in narodne glasbe" – pravi Slovenec versus prawdziwy Słoweniec po mnenju slovenskih in poljskih anketirancev

Abstract

Stereotypes as “images in the mind” influence people's way of thinking, acting and behaving. We are interested in how we perceive ourselves and, above all, how others see us. The aim of the authors is to reconstruct the image of a “true” Slovene on the basis of linguistic data collected in the survey among Slovene and Polish respondents who have had contacts with representatives of both nations. The modifier “true” includes both a typical and a pattern representative. The comparison of auto- and heterostereotypical (i.e., Polish) perception enabled the reconstruction of a fuller linguistic and cultural portrait of a “true” Slovene. This image is made of the psychological, social, psychosocial, intellectual, and existential and cultural aspects/characteristics that ethnolinguists pay attention to in their research.