Cognitive demands of gender-neutral language : the new genderless pronoun in the Swedish language and its effect on reading speed and memory

The gender-neutral pronoun hen has been added to the Swedish language with the aim to reduce sexism in the language and make language more inclusive. An objection against the implementation of the word is that the word would be cumbersome to read and would take more cognitive capacity to process. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vergoossen, Hellen
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen 2015
Subjects:
hen
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-122736