Gender Flashcards
Radical changes
Forced changes to language such as attempting to change the spelling of “woman” to “womyn”
Feminine inanimate
Calling ships or cars “she”
Patriarchy
A male dominated society
Linguistic engineering
Purposely trying to adjust the way people speak
Linguistic determinism
The idea that language controls the way we think because the language we learn to use teaches us to perceive the world in a certain way
Lexical asymmetry
The idea that the words that are meant to be equal for men and women are not e.g mistress and master should be equal but mistress has negative connotations
Generic terms
Using a masculine pronouns as a general term for all
Patronising usages
Using names like “sweetheart” and “honey”
Marked and unmarked terms
The addition of a suffix to a male term to make it female but can suggest that a male role is more important e.g actor and actress
Semantic derregation
When female names develop negative connotations over time
