Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction and findings: Public attitudes towards gender-inclusive language – A multilingual perspective 1
4. Finnish and Spanish speakers’ attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in English 21
5. The gender-inclusive language debate in France: A battle to save the soul of the nation? 45
6. Online attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in French 73
7. Using gender-inclusive language in German? It’s a question of attitude . . . 97
8. Motivations for the use of gender-fair language in research literature in German academia 127
9. On the “invention” of the Gendersprache in German media discourse 159
10. Attitudes of the purist association Verein Deutsche Sprache (VDS) towards gender-inclusive use of German. A conceptual expansion of the term linguistic purism 183
11. Using pair forms, criticizing the gender star – Attitudes towards binary and non-binary gender-inclusive language in German 209
12. Gender-inclusive strategies in Italian: stereotypes and attitudes 243
13. Attitudes toward sexist/nonsexist language in Chinese 287
14. Opposition discourse in the public debate on gender-inclusive language in Poland 313
15. Myths and models concerning gender inclusivity and non-binary forms in Romanian 339
16. Ten years with hen. Attitudes towards the Swedish gender-neutral pronoun hen in public online comments and official language recommendations (2012–2022) 363
17. Attitudes toward gender-inclusive pronouns in Swedish and English 391
18. Index 413