Language and gender in academic documents

The aim of this article is to reflect on linguistic sexism, a kind of discrimination that has women as an object and language as an instrument. Sexist language either ignores women, or treats them as men, or represents them as an exception; such a use of language, which excludes or minimizes some so...

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Published inConvergencia (Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico) Vol. 19; no. 59; pp. 69 - 86
Main Authors Tapia-Arizmendi, Margarita, Romani, Patrizia
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published 01.05.2012
Subjects
Academic Discourse
College Students
Discourse Analysis
Discrimination
Females
Gender
Language
Linguistics
Mexico
Prejudice
Sex
Sexism
Sociolinguistics
Universities
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ISSN1405-1435

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Summary:The aim of this article is to reflect on linguistic sexism, a kind of discrimination that has women as an object and language as an instrument. Sexist language either ignores women, or treats them as men, or represents them as an exception; such a use of language, which excludes or minimizes some social subjects, linguistically represents their self-denial and contributes to the permanence of common prejudices. The article analyzes two aspects of linguistic sexism: some asymmetries between masculine gender and feminine gender in the Spanish language; as well as some discriminatory linguistic expressions found in academic documents in the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico that hide or diminish the professional or student image of woman. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:1405-1435