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- Title
On Sexism in Language and Language Change - The Case of Peninsular Spanish.
- Authors
Lomotey (Legon, Ghana), Benedicta Adokarley
- Abstract
The Spanish language has been described as a sexist language due to the peculiar characteristics of its gender morphology. It is indicated by the o ('masculine') and a ('feminine') gender morphemes which generally represent male and female respectively. This has led to an apparent confusion between grammatical gender and biological sex. Against this background, this paper attempts to discover the impact of anti-sexist language proposals on the Spanish language by analyzing sample Spanish newspapers. Of the 40 articles analysed from 20 representative newspapers, findings suggest that although some antisexist language elements have been adopted, their usage is erratic and the masculine generics are still used extensively. The results suggest that despite the challenges facing language reform attempts, the reinforcement of positive language policies is possible.
- Subjects
SPAIN; SPANISH language; SEXISM in language; LANGUAGE &; gender; LINGUISTIC change; MORPHEMICS; GRAMMATICAL gender; SPANISH newspapers; LANGUAGE policy; MORPHOLOGY (Grammar)
- Publication
Linguistik Online, 2015, Vol 70, Issue 1, p167
- ISSN
1615-3014
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13092/lo.70.1748