REMARKS ON GENDER – EXPRESSING GENDER IN ENGLISH, AND SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT LEARNERS (AND TEACHERS) HAVE TO COPE WITH

dc.creator	Constantin Manea, Maria-Camelia Manea
dc.date	2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:32:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:32:48Z
dc.identifier	1583-2236
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/abf4f456381345bdb840be3a9e832447
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22583
dc.description	The present paper focuses on a number of specific issues (most of which are in fact challenges, misconceptions and rough ideas) that are subject to what is generally called the feminist approach to linguistics. It presents some (strictly marginal) contrastive notes on expressing gender in English and Romanian, among which: genderization and gender neutrality, the problems posed by the usual definitions of gender (cf. sex, etc.), the existence of the epicenes in English, the idea of neutralization of grammatical oppositions (cf. also the idea of “language economy”), the possible existence of the “0 gender” (cf. the 0 / ø article) in English. Illustrative examples are given with respect to the alleged “sexist tradition” – as perceived by feminist lingustics –, followed by a set of prominent counterexamples (amply provided mainly by lexicography), fallacies and inconsistencies. The actual existence of gender-oriented languages (vs. “gender-neutral” languages) is then addressed, as well as a group of issues relating to usage and language didactics, mainly idiosyncrasies, grammatical and miscellaneous problems.
dc.language	French
dc.language	English
dc.language	Russian
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	University of Pitesti
dc.relation	http://www.upit.ro/index.php?i=2255
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1583-2236
dc.source	Studii si Cercetari Filologice. Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, Vol 10, Iss 2011, Pp 154-165 (2011)
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	genderization
dc.subject	gender-neutral
dc.subject	gender-specific
dc.subject	feminism
dc.subject	sexism
dc.subject	fallacy
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	REMARKS ON GENDER – EXPRESSING GENDER IN ENGLISH, AND SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT LEARNERS (AND TEACHERS) HAVE TO COPE WITH
dc.type	article