Hindi. “Unnatural” gender in Hindi
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Kira Hall
Abstract
1.Introduction 2. Gender in the Hindi language system 2.1 Grammatical gender: Assignment and agreement 2.2 Generic masculines 2.3 Gender reversal: Terms of endearment and insult 3. Uses of the gender system by Hindi-speaking hijras 3.1 Language in hijra socialization 3.2 The exploitation of grammatical gender in everyday hijra conversation 3.3 The use of masculine self-reference 4. Conclusions Appendix Notes References
Abstract
1.Introduction 2. Gender in the Hindi language system 2.1 Grammatical gender: Assignment and agreement 2.2 Generic masculines 2.3 Gender reversal: Terms of endearment and insult 3. Uses of the gender system by Hindi-speaking hijras 3.1 Language in hijra socialization 3.2 The exploitation of grammatical gender in everyday hijra conversation 3.3 The use of masculine self-reference 4. Conclusions Appendix Notes References
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Languages of Volume I and III vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Gender across languages 1
- Chinese. Editors’ note 27
- Chinese. In Chinese, men and women are equal – or – women and men are equal? 29
- Chinese. Gender-related use of sentence-final particles in Cantonese 57
- Chinese. Reality and representation 73
- Dutch. Towards a more gender-fair usage in Netherlands Dutch 81
- Finnish. The communication of gender in Finnish 109
- Hindi. “Unnatural” gender in Hindi 133
- Icelandic. Masculine generics in current Icelandic 163
- Italian. Gender and female visibility in Italian 187
- Norwegian. The representation of gender in Norwegian 219
- Spanish. Gender in Spanish 251
- Vietnamese. Gender in addressing and self-reference in Vietnamese 281
- Welsh. The politics of language and gender in Wales 313
- Notes on contributors 331
- Name index 337
- Subject index 343
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Languages of Volume I and III vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Gender across languages 1
- Chinese. Editors’ note 27
- Chinese. In Chinese, men and women are equal – or – women and men are equal? 29
- Chinese. Gender-related use of sentence-final particles in Cantonese 57
- Chinese. Reality and representation 73
- Dutch. Towards a more gender-fair usage in Netherlands Dutch 81
- Finnish. The communication of gender in Finnish 109
- Hindi. “Unnatural” gender in Hindi 133
- Icelandic. Masculine generics in current Icelandic 163
- Italian. Gender and female visibility in Italian 187
- Norwegian. The representation of gender in Norwegian 219
- Spanish. Gender in Spanish 251
- Vietnamese. Gender in addressing and self-reference in Vietnamese 281
- Welsh. The politics of language and gender in Wales 313
- Notes on contributors 331
- Name index 337
- Subject index 343
