Von „Studierenden“, „Mitarbeiter*innen“ und „Professoren“ – Geschlechtergerechte Personenbezeichnungen zwischen Varianz und Normierung
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21758517 |
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| Authors | Christine Ivanov, Stephanie Lieboldt |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 31-65 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistik Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1615-3014 • E-ISSN: 1615-3014 |
| Publisher | University of Bern (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.13092/lo.122.10198 |
| OpenAlex | W4392525344 |
| Language | DE |
| References cited | 4 |
Gender-fair language has been a controversial and topical issue in Germany for over 50 years, both in public and in the professional discourse of German linguistics. In this article, two contiguous studies of gender-fair language at German universities are presented. In the first part, university guidelines for gender-fair language usage are subjected to a content analysis. In the second part, linguistic practice in the area of person reference is studied using a corpus compiled from a range of text types used in the internal and external communication of universities. The relation between the existing variance of language use and institutional attempts at standardization of gender-fair language are examined. In the two studies presented, the interplay between theory and practice becomes evident: There are tensions between theories motivating the options presented for gender-fair language and the goals formulated in university guidelines clash with the observable variation in language use. This work contributes to the current dialog on compulsory regulations on gender-fair language by providing data from writing practice while shedding light on ongoing processes of language change
Political science · Gender Studies in Language · Linguistic research and analysis · Psychology · Sociology and Education Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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