Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Languages of Volume I and II vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. List of abbreviations xiii
7. Gender across languages 1
8. Czech. Communicating gender in Czech 27
9. Danish. Equal before the law – unequal in language 59
10. French. Gender in French 87
11. French. Gender and language politics in France 119
12. German. Engendering female visibility in German 141
13. Greek. Women, gender and Modern Greek 175
14. Japanese. Gendered structures in Japanese 201
15. Japanese. Women’s language as a group identity marker in Japanese 227
16. Oriya. Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya 239
17. Polish. Language and gender in Polish 259
18. Serbian. The expression of gender in Serbian 287
19. Swahili. Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society 311
20. Swedish. Linguistic and public attitudes towards gender in Swedish 339
21. Notes on contributors 369
22. Name index 375
23. Subject index 383