The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
46. What is Gendered Language?
The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
Caroline Myrick [+]
North Carolina State University
Caroline Myrick holds a PhD from the Department of Sociology at North Carolina State University, with specializations in sociolinguistics and social inequality. Her research addresses language variation and change in the Caribbean as well as language and gender ideologies.
Description
Gendered language refers to language that privileges one gender or sex over the other. This happens with many language patterns and traditions—in English and many other languages—that treat men or the masculine as the default. Luckily, in English, inclusive language solutions are fairly easy; and speakers of other languages are finding creative linguistic alternatives in order to promote gender inclusivity.