Gender Ideologies in English and Slovene: A Contrastive View

Plemenitaš, Katja

doi:10.4312/elope.11.1.17-29

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“…While neuter is present in Russian, it it is not of much practical use here, since it is reserved for inanimate objects and used for humans only in derogatory speech and a few terms referring to small children (ditja, čado). Given these circumstances, gender-specification is the choice by default, while gender-neutralization is rarely considered by feminist language reformers-see Plemenitaš (2014) for a discussion on Slovenian, and Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak (2019) for Polish.…”

Section: Pragmatic Linguistic Arguments Against Neutralization and The Ways To Overcomementioning

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Prospects and challenges of gender neutralization in Russian

Kirey-Sitnikova

2021

Russ Linguist

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Feminist linguistic activism has gained prominence among Western feminists as a way to eliminate sexism in language and everyday life. In Russian, gender specification (known as feminitivy) represents the mainstream approach practiced by grassroots feminist reformers. However, alternative approaches aimed at gender neutralization proliferate. The paper examines the prospects and challenges of gender neutralization both in writing and oral speech. Results of a survey documenting attitudes of Russian-speaking feminist and LGBTQI communities to language reform attempts are presented, with a special focus on comparison between gender specification and gender neutralization.

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Section: Pragmatic Linguistic Arguments Against Neutralization and The Ways To Overcomementioning

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Prospects and challenges of gender neutralization in Russian

Kirey-Sitnikova

2021

Russ Linguist

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Gendered and 'Ageed' Language and Power Inequalities: An Intersectional Approach

Mikić¹,

Mrčela²,

Golob³

2018

GaV

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A great deal has been written about the causes of gender inequality, and much of this literature has tackled the role of language as a mechanism of social exclusion. More recent analysis of gender inequalities indicates how vital it is that we understand the impact that different social characteristics, including age, can have simultaneously on a person's life situation. These factors should be examined together and at the same time, and as such they invite the kind of approach that is made possible by the concept of intersectionality. The aim of this article is to bridge the gap that exists between different streams of research. It approaches the analysis of gender and age from an intersectional perspective. It also draws on work on the reinforcement of gender inequalities through gendered language and engages with research on age-related social inequalities and especially on the specifi c gender bias of ageism and ageist language. We propose that an intersectional approach be brought to bear on the analysis of sexist and ageist language in order to draw these lines of inquiry together. In doing so we hope to contribute to a better understanding of the social position of women and men of different ages and the role of language in reproducing and reinforcing the inequalities of power created by attitudes to differences of gender and age. It is our belief that an intersectional approach has huge potential for future work in gender studies, sociolinguistic theory, and other avenues of research.

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Encounters with National Stereotypes in Foreign Language Teaching: Adjectives Describing Americans

Stopar

2015

ELOPE

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Teaching (or learning) a foreign language is a complex, interdisciplinary undertaking. Teachers and students are required to tackle aspects of language that transcend its merely linguistic component. This article discusses the relationship between language, thought and culture, and explores some aspects of the integration of cultural content in the English classroom. To achieve these goals, a study is conducted that identifies the main stereotypes about Americans among Slovenian university students of English as a foreign language. The results of the research can be used as a means of questioning some frequent stereotypes about Americans, and thus contributing to the fulfilment of (sometimes seemingly abstract) curricular aims that emphasize the significance of intercultural communication, awareness of cultural variety, and intercultural sensitivity.Keywords: national stereotypes; teaching culture; curriculum; intercultural communication Srečevanja z nacionalnimi stereotipi v tujejezikovnem poučevanju: Pridevniki, ki opisujejo Američane POVZETEK Poučevanje (ali učenje) tujega jezika je zapleteno in interdisciplinarno delo. Učitelji in učenci se spopadajo z vidiki jezika, ki presegajo zgolj njegovo jezikovno komponento. Članek zato razpravlja o odnosu med jezikom, mislijo in kulturo ter se osredinja na nekatere vidike vključevanja kulturnih vsebin v poučevanje angleščine. To doseže s proučevanjem stereotipov: prispevek predstavi ugotovitve ankete, ki razkriva glavne stereotipe o Američanih med slovenskimi študenti angleščine. Rezultati raziskave lahko pripomorejo k dekonstrukciji pogostih stereotipov o Američanih in tako prispevajo k uresničevanju (včasih navidezno abstraktnih) ciljev v učnih načrtih, ki poudarjajo pomembnost medkulturne komunikacije, zavedanje kulturne raznolikosti in medkulturno občutljivost. Ključne

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Gender Ideologies in English and Slovene: A Contrastive View

Cited by 4 publications

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Prospects and challenges of gender neutralization in Russian

Prospects and challenges of gender neutralization in Russian

Gendered and 'Ageed' Language and Power Inequalities: An Intersectional Approach

Encounters with National Stereotypes in Foreign Language Teaching: Adjectives Describing Americans

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