EXTRALINGUISTIC FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF ETHNOPHOBISMS IN THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SUBSTANDARD

Abstract

The article deals with analysis of extralinguisic historical, political, cultural, anthropological factors which result in forming ethnophobic words denoting the most numerous and influential national minorities and their descendents in the USA. Attention is paid to generalized images of certain national groups, their stereotypes which provide the base for ethnophobic words.