Danish. Equal before the law – unequal in language
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Kirsten Gomard
Abstract
1.Introduction
2.Structural properties of Danish
2.1Grammatical gender and agreement
2.2Pronouns
2.3The morphology of human nouns
2.3.1Derivation
2.3.2Compounding
3.The semantics of human nouns
3.1‘Woman’ and ‘man’
3.2Occupational titles
3.3Address forms
3.4Terms of abuse and slang words
3.5Idiomatic expressions
4.Proverbs
5.Language politics
5.1Alternatives to male-biased personal nouns
5.2Affirmative action?
5.3Pronominal splitting and neutralization
5.4Family names
5.5The press
6.Conclusion
Notes
References
Abstract
1.Introduction
2.Structural properties of Danish
2.1Grammatical gender and agreement
2.2Pronouns
2.3The morphology of human nouns
2.3.1Derivation
2.3.2Compounding
3.The semantics of human nouns
3.1‘Woman’ and ‘man’
3.2Occupational titles
3.3Address forms
3.4Terms of abuse and slang words
3.5Idiomatic expressions
4.Proverbs
5.Language politics
5.1Alternatives to male-biased personal nouns
5.2Affirmative action?
5.3Pronominal splitting and neutralization
5.4Family names
5.5The press
6.Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Languages of Volume I and II vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Gender across languages 1
- Czech. Communicating gender in Czech 27
- Danish. Equal before the law – unequal in language 59
- French. Gender in French 87
- French. Gender and language politics in France 119
- German. Engendering female visibility in German 141
- Greek. Women, gender and Modern Greek 175
- Japanese. Gendered structures in Japanese 201
- Japanese. Women’s language as a group identity marker in Japanese 227
- Oriya. Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya 239
- Polish. Language and gender in Polish 259
- Serbian. The expression of gender in Serbian 287
- Swahili. Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society 311
- Swedish. Linguistic and public attitudes towards gender in Swedish 339
- Notes on contributors 369
- Name index 375
- Subject index 383
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Languages of Volume I and II vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Gender across languages 1
- Czech. Communicating gender in Czech 27
- Danish. Equal before the law – unequal in language 59
- French. Gender in French 87
- French. Gender and language politics in France 119
- German. Engendering female visibility in German 141
- Greek. Women, gender and Modern Greek 175
- Japanese. Gendered structures in Japanese 201
- Japanese. Women’s language as a group identity marker in Japanese 227
- Oriya. Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya 239
- Polish. Language and gender in Polish 259
- Serbian. The expression of gender in Serbian 287
- Swahili. Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society 311
- Swedish. Linguistic and public attitudes towards gender in Swedish 339
- Notes on contributors 369
- Name index 375
- Subject index 383
