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Czech. Communicating gender in Czech

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.Gender in Czech

2.1Grammatical gender

2.2Lexical gender

2.3Epicene nouns

2.3.1Masculine epicenes

2.3.2Feminine epicenes

2.3.3Neuter epicenes

2.4Double gender nouns

2.5Nominalised adjectives

2.5.1Nominalised adjectives of the type dospívající (m/f) ‘adolescent’

2.5.2Nominalised adjectives of the type dospělý/dospělá (m/f) ‘adult’

2.6Word-formation

2.6.1The derivation of feminine personal nouns

2.6.2Compounding

3.Asymmetries and lexical gaps

4.Masculine generics

5.Achieving female visibility in Czech

6.Variability, language critique and language politics

7.Conclusion

Notes

References

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.Gender in Czech

2.1Grammatical gender

2.2Lexical gender

2.3Epicene nouns

2.3.1Masculine epicenes

2.3.2Feminine epicenes

2.3.3Neuter epicenes

2.4Double gender nouns

2.5Nominalised adjectives

2.5.1Nominalised adjectives of the type dospívající (m/f) ‘adolescent’

2.5.2Nominalised adjectives of the type dospělý/dospělá (m/f) ‘adult’

2.6Word-formation

2.6.1The derivation of feminine personal nouns

2.6.2Compounding

3.Asymmetries and lexical gaps

4.Masculine generics

5.Achieving female visibility in Czech

6.Variability, language critique and language politics

7.Conclusion

Notes

References

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
Gender Across Languages
This chapter is in the book Gender Across Languages
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.06cme

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
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