Assessing the Mixed or Generic Feminine as an Inclusive Language

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_4715
dc.contributor.author	Pires Mat
dc.title	Assessing the Mixed or Generic Feminine as an Inclusive Language Strategy
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Proposed grammatical gender-neutral language practices employing rephrasing, binomials, or abbreviated double forms are unlikely to achieve general acceptance or durably modify the linguistic system given their unusual graphical features, variable treatment of speech and writing, heavy processing requirements, increased volume, and overall complexity. In contrast, use of the feminine for mixed reference is well established for female-dominated professions such as nurse, draws on established linguistic resources, and preserves correspondance between written and spoken language. We provide examples of this strategy in several languages and discuss its advantages and shortcomings.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni del Comitato Unico di Garanzia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-479-0/assessing-the-mixed-or-generic-feminine-as-an-incl/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-478-3/006
dc.identifier.issn	2724-4652
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-5713
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-479-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-478-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Feminization
dc.subject	Feminization
dc.subject	Gender resolution
dc.subject	Gender resolution
dc.subject	Grammatical gender
dc.subject	Grammatical gender
dc.subject	Inclusive language
dc.subject	Inclusive language
dc.subject	Linguistic sexism
dc.subject	Linguistic sexism

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Assessing the Mixed or Generic Feminine as an Inclusive Language Strategy

Mat Pires Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

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Proposed grammatical gender-neutral language practices employing rephrasing, binomials, or abbreviated double forms are unlikely to achieve general acceptance or durably modify the linguistic system given their unusual graphical features, variable treatment of speech and writing, heavy processing requirements, increased volume, and overall complexity. In contrast, use of the feminine for mixed reference is well established for female-dominated professions such as nurse, draws on established linguistic resources, and preserves correspondance between written and spoken language. We provide examples of this strategy in several languages and discuss its advantages and shortcomings.

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Dec. 29, 2020

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978-88-6969-479-0

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978-88-6969-478-3

Keywords: Feminization • Inclusive language • Gender resolution • Grammatical gender • Linguistic sexism

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