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- Title
Feminine-specific job titles: a research on sexism in the Italian language.
- Authors
Nitti, Paolo
- Abstract
This article analyses the instruction on non-sexist use of the Italian language given by Italian language teachers at different levels of education (Nitti 2018). The objective of the research is to evaluate, via language models presented in class, the preparation of materials, and attitudes to correction, the level of engagement in the use of non-sexist language by teachers who transfer their personal orientation into their teaching practice. The survey was conceived as a follow-up to the Conference on Italian Language and Sexism, held at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on 30 March 2017. Questions were formulated following Raccomandazioni per gli usi non sessisti della lingua by Alma Sabatini (1986) and proposals by academic institutions and territorial and legislative bodies. The research falls within the study of educational linguistics, and its aim is to approach contemporary linguistic phenomena through specific theoretical-applicative tools and paradigms of sociolinguistics (Fusco 2012).
- Subjects
FEMINISM; ITALIAN language education; LANGUAGE teachers; PERSONAL orientation inventory; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; SOCIOLINGUISTICS
- Publication
Modern Italy, 2021, Vol 26, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1353-2944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/mit.2020.31