The feminisation of Russian and Polish a feminist Idea? Or a real tendency in Language
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2017-06-08
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
Abstract
This article tackles the question whether and to what
extent one can speak of a rising tendency of
feminisation of the Russian and Polish language today.
It is highly visible today that both languages, Russian
and Polish contain more and more elements and
linguistic forms which make us speak of a tendency to
feminise these languages. However, it is also possible to
assume that the significant use of the very different
feminine forms is only the result of a feminist idea, but
it is not the result or the beginning of a change in and of
language. This article does not intend to examine the
ways in which Russian and Polish are feminised. This
article is dedicated to the question of why a feminisation
of language can be observed in general, why feminine
forms penetrate languages at all and are regarded as
relevant for a language, why feminine forms are used
and which strategies of feminisation are noticed.
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linguistic tendencies in Russian and Polish, feminisation of language, gender linguistics, motion suffixes, person nouns, language ideologies
Citation
Scheller-Boltz D. The feminisation of Russian and Polish a feminist Idea? Or a real tendency in Language / Dennis Scheller-Boltz // Людина. Комп’ютер. Комунікація : збірник наукових праць. — Львів : Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2017. — С. 84–90. — (4. Гендерна лінгвістика).