Using Google Tools For Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Gender Binoms In English And Russian
Table 1:
Phrase 1 | Number of occurrences in Google | Phrase 2 | Number of occurrences in Google | Percentage ratio of Phrases 1 and 2 | The reminder of the percentage of Phrases 1 and 2 in Russian and English | |
1 | muzhchina i zhenshchina | 48,600 | zhenshchina i muzhchina | 12,600 | 25,9% | 7,9 |
a man and a woman | 8,230,000 | a woman and a man | 2,770,000 | 33,8% | ||
2 | muzh i zhena | 52,500 | zhena i muzh | 16,100 | 30,7% | 62,1 |
a husband and a wife | 232,000 | a wife and a husband | 213,000 | 92,8% | ||
3 | syn i doch' | 26,400 | doch' i syn | 19,600 | 72,2% | 15,7 |
a son and a daughter | 386,000 | a daughter and a son | 218,000 | 56,5% | ||
4 | brat i sestra | 38,600 | sestra i brat | 10,100 | 26,1% | 39,7 |
a brother and a sister | 144,000 | a sister and a brother | 94,800 | 65,8% | ||
5 | zhenih i nevesta | 14,400 | nevesta i zhenih | 2,010 | 19,9% | 32,8 |
a bride and a groom | 7,580 | a groom and a bride | 4,000 | 52,7% | ||
6 | mal'chik i devochka | 22,100 | devochka i mal'chik | 8,260 | 37,4% | 13,1 |
a boy and a girl | 479,000 | a girl and a boy | 242,000 | 50,5% | ||
7 | dyadya i tetya | 2,810 | tetya i dyadya | 1,530 | 54,4% | 40 |
an uncle and an aunt | 6,710 | an aunt and an uncle | 6,340 | 94,4% | ||
8 | babushka i dedushka | 502, 00 | dedushka i babushka | 12,400 | 2,8% | 97,2 |
a grandfather and a grandmother | 2,420 | a grandmother and a grandfather | 2,420 | 100% |