Ethnic Stereotypes in the Phraseologisms of the Uzbek, Kazakh and Karakalpak Languages

In this article, the concept of stereotype and linguistic stereotype, as well as the types of ethnic stereotypes in Uzbek, Kazakh and Karakalpak phraseologisms and the mechanisms of their formation in the mind of a linguistic person are studied. In addition, in linguculturalology, the term stereotype is understood as a mental stereotype related to the meaningful aspect of the units resulting from the interaction of language and culture, language and ethnicity. Ethnic stereotypes in Turkic languages’ phraseologisms are divided into gender stereotypes, age stereotypes, occupational stereotypes, religious stereotypes and subject stereotypes, and they are scientifically analyzed in this paper. Implicit and explicit forms of stereotypes have also been studied. Besides it, it is paid attention to linguistic features, cultural associations, and their influence on intercultural communication. We are confident that our research will contribute to the understanding of intercommunication, and cultural exchange through the study of ethnic stereotypes in those languages.