Feminism, corpus-assisted research, and language inclusivity / Federica Formato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Formato, Federica, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality

Cambridge Elements. Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Gender.

Italian language.

Shwa (Phonetics).

Nonsexist language--Italy.

Nonsexist language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This Element presents an investigation into the use of the gender inclusive strategy schwa in a corpus of tweets; the schwa is employed in Italian to overcome grammatical (feminine and masculine) morphological inflections, having at its core linguistic and social binarism. The investigation is set in a country where LGBTQIA communities still face institutional discrimination, yet it is contextualised in the growing work on inclusivity discussed in languages and contexts worldwide. The corpus is examined quantitatively and qualitatively, as well as read through a triangulation of two frameworks: Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis. The findings, obtained from corpus-assisted research and digital ethnography, show that the new linguistic strategy is used creatively, functionally, and not exclusively as a self-representation tool but is also a viable and powerful replacement for generic sexist language"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction to the element

Gender-inclusive language in Italian

Triangulation and reflexivity

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009236386

1009236385

9781009236355

1009236350

9781009236379

1009236377