Sexist Language or Sexist Use?

Authors

  • Cristina Valcea Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Keywords:

sociolinguistics, sexist, difference, dominance

Abstract

The distinction between sexist language and sexist use is essential for understanding that it is not the language as dictionary corpora that is sexist but the use of the language which suffers such great influences as education, age, and sex. From among these factors, this study deals with gender – the social counterpart of sex – and it looks into differences that gender produces.

Author Biography

Cristina Valcea, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Dept. of Foreign Languages

Published

2008-06-11

Issue

Section

LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES