Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Of gender bias and gender fairness

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Linguistic intersections of language and gender

Of gender bias and gender fairness

Edited by: Dominic Schmitz , Simon David Stein and Viktoria Schneider

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Linguists have been interested in the relation of language and gender for a long time, yet only recently has the field diversified extensively in both its research questions and its methods. However, few attempts have been made to bring together these diverse perspectives in a systematic exchange of ideas and approaches.

This volume offers a collection of the latest empirical research on language and gender from a variety of linguistic perspectives. Among other questions, the studies in this volume investigate the processing of gendered forms in spoken and written language, examine their morphosyntactic properties, model their semantics and pragmatics, and engage with the discursive and orthographic patterns of gendered language. They apply a wide range of corpus linguistic, experimental, and computational methods to a diverse set of languages, including Portuguese, Italian, Georgian, German, and English. This volume is a valuable resource for all scholars interested in the current state of research on language and gender and a much-needed kick-off for interdisciplinary collaboration in this field that takes into account the bigger picture.

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Dominic Schmitz, Simon David Stein, and Viktoria Schneider, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Preface
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Contents
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Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Introduction
1
Dominic Schmitz, Simon David Stein and Viktoria Schneider

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What if -*in is a new suffix?
11
Lena Völkening

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Of stars and colons: A corpus-based analysis of gender-inclusive orthographies in German press texts
31
Samira Ochs and Jan Oliver Rüdiger

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Women are sexy and men provoke – Gender stereotypes and the interpretation of the German adjective aufreizend
63
Jens Fleischhauer and Dila Turus

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Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint
83
Sol Tovar

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Pronoun comprehension from a discriminative perspective: A proof of concept
95
Dominic Schmitz

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Effects of English generic singular they on the gender processing of L1 German speakers
111
Simon David Stein and Viktoria Schneider

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Form identity and gendered associations: L2 English -er facilitates the bias of L1 German -er
127
Dominic Schmitz, Julia Elisabeth Blessing-Plötner, Nazire Cinar, Nguyet Minh Dang, Henrike Hoffmanns, Aaron Luther, Imran Peksen and Tomma Lilli Robke

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Gender-inclusive or not? Covert gender patterns in Georgian
145
Zaal Kikvidze

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Gender-inclusive language and male bias: Task matters!
157
Francesca Panzeri and Martina Abbondanza

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Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish
173
Laura Vela-Plo and Marina Ortega-Andrés

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Teaching Spanish in the Philippines: A queer-decolonial pedagogy
199
Jeff Roxas

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Morphosyntax and me: The reflections of a non-binary linguist on English gendered language
219
D. Hunter

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Notes on contributors
239

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Index
241

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May 19, 2025

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9783111388694

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241

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111388694

eBook ISBN: 9783111388694

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Gender; gender-fair language; language; morphosyntax

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Scholars in the fields of linguistics, gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, and philology

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Linguistic intersections of language and gender

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Introduction

What if -*in is a new suffix?

Of stars and colons: A corpus-based analysis of gender-inclusive orthographies in German press texts

Women are sexy and men provoke – Gender stereotypes and the interpretation of the German adjective aufreizend

Understanding (mis)gender(ing) and pronouns from a politeness theory standpoint

Pronoun comprehension from a discriminative perspective: A proof of concept

Effects of English generic singular they on the gender processing of L1 German speakers

Form identity and gendered associations: L2 English -er facilitates the bias of L1 German -er

Gender-inclusive or not? Covert gender patterns in Georgian

Gender-inclusive language and male bias: Task matters!

Theoretical and empirical basis for gender-fair language use: The case of Spanish

Teaching Spanish in the Philippines: A queer-decolonial pedagogy

Morphosyntax and me: The reflections of a non-binary linguist on English gendered language

Notes on contributors

Index

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