Capturing socially motivated linguistic change. How the use of gender-fair language afffects support for social initiatives in Austria and Poland.

Capturing socially motivated linguistic change. How the use of gender-fair language afffects support for social initiatives in Austria and Poland.

Gender-fair language consists of the symmetric linguistic treatment of women and men instead of using masculine forms as generics. In this study, we examine how the use of gender-fair language affects readers’ support for social initiatives in Poland and Austria. While gender-fair language is relati...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Maria Formanowicz, Aleksandra eCisłak, Lisa Kristina Horvath, Sabine eSczesny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Feminism
Social Change
Grammatical Gender
Political correctness
Gender-fair language
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01617/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01617/full

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