Swahili. Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society
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Rose Marie Beck
Abstract
1.Introduction
2.Noun classes in Swahili
2.1Swahili noun classification and agreement
2.2Animate nouns
2.3Coordination
2.4Personal nouns
3.Referring to women and men
3.1Lexical and covert gender
3.2Kinship terms and terms of address
3.3Overt gender marking: Attributing ‘female/male’
3.4Obscene language
4.Gendered speech
4.1Upole ‘gentleness’: Restrained speech as a cultural ideal on the Swahili coast
4.2Texts on textiles: Equivocal messages
5.Conclusion
Notes
References
Abstract
1.Introduction
2.Noun classes in Swahili
2.1Swahili noun classification and agreement
2.2Animate nouns
2.3Coordination
2.4Personal nouns
3.Referring to women and men
3.1Lexical and covert gender
3.2Kinship terms and terms of address
3.3Overt gender marking: Attributing ‘female/male’
3.4Obscene language
4.Gendered speech
4.1Upole ‘gentleness’: Restrained speech as a cultural ideal on the Swahili coast
4.2Texts on textiles: Equivocal messages
5.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
