Essays about: "gender neutral pronoun"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words gender neutral pronoun.

1. 1. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender-neutrality in Written Discourse : A newspaper-based diachronic comparisonstudy of gender-neutral vocabulary

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Yuchen Zeng; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-neutral vocabulary; Diachronic; Gender Asymmetry; Sexist language; Gender- inclusive Language.;

   Abstract : This paper investigated the use of sexist language in English vocabulary by examininggender asymmetry and sexism in contemporary written discourse. The traditional sexistlanguage often reinforces gender stereotypes and inequalities. In English, the masculineterms are considered the unmarked form (the norm) while the feminine terms are marked. READ MORE

4. 3. He or She or They : Generic pronoun use among Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Oona Ahokas; [2020]
   Keywords : cross-linguistic transfer; epicene pronouns; non-native speakers; language attitudes;

   Abstract : The use of pronouns by native Finnish and Swedish L2 speakers of English was tested in order to discover a possible cross-linguistic transfer. The participants were tasked to refer to gender-ambiguous antecedents in both oral and written form as well as report their attitudes towards issues regarding gendered language and gender in society. READ MORE

5. 4. ORE WA BOKU JA NAI. Second Language Identities: Swedish exchange student’s usage of first person pronouns in Japanese

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Madeleine Finck Björgen; [2018-06-13]
   Keywords : japanska; SLA; identity; Japanese; first person pronouns; gendered language;

   Abstract : This study aims to further investigate how expression of gender identity in Japanese takes form, with focus on the grammatical category 1S pronouns, such as watashi (私), watakushi (私), ore (俺) and boku (僕). This study includes both a quantitative and qualitative approach towards usage of Japanese’s 1S pronouns. READ MORE

6. 5. "Hen är här nu"* Prediktion av människors attityd till det genusneutrala ordet hen samt experiment kring olika pronomens inverkan på läshastighet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Carl-Fredrik Höjing; Elin Pihl; [2015]
   Keywords : sexist language; gender neutral pronoun; Sexism; male-bias; queer; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Den aktuella studien genomfördes med hjälp av en internetenkät bestående av ett experiment där tiden det tog att läsa korta informationstexter mättes och jämfördes beroende på olika pronomen (han, hon, han/hon och det nya genusneutrala ordet hen). Den senare delen av studien bestod av instrument som syftade att mäta mediatorer gällande pronomens inverkan på läshastighet samt för att predicera deltagarnas uppskattade attityder till hen. READ MORE