Title:

On women’s issues in the linguistic sphere from the perspective of equality of opportunity in Poland,Russia and Bulgaria

Creator:

Satoła-Staśkowiak, Joanna ; Sosnowski, Wojciech

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2019

Subject and Keywords:

feminitives ; Bulgarian language ; Polish language ; Russian language ; language asymmetry ; contrastive analysis ; androcentrism

Abstract:

This article aims to outline issues related to equal treatment of women and men that can be observed at the languagelevel in Poland, Russia and Bulgaria. So far, the Polish, Russian and Bulgarian languages have not beensubjected to a comparative analysis with regard to the use of feminitives. The article provides a contrastiveanalysis of names for professions and functions as well as certain linguistic conventions in the languagesin question. Drawing on extensive linguistic material, the authors’ research exposes the problem of linguisticasymmetry in the creation of female names in the three Slavic languages representing the Western, Westernand Southern groups respectively.

Relation:

Socjolingwistyka

Volume:

33

Start page:

127

End page:

147

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/SOCJOLING.33.8

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Access:

Open