Attitudes Toward Gender-Neutral Spanish: Acceptability and Adoptability

Frontiers in Sociology

Alejandro Anibal Coronel¹  Juan Eduardo Bonnin² 

[1] Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales, Grupo Independiente de Investigación MEL (GI-MEL), Córdoba, Argentina;Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina;

关键词: gender-neutral language;    non-gendered language;    inclusive language;    linguistic attitudes;    sociolinguistic survey;    social media;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsoc.2021.629616

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article presents the results of a survey conducted in January 2020 about attitudes toward gender-neutral language in Argentina. The survey was delivered mainly through social networks to 4,205 participants, and its results help understand the complexity of the attitudes toward the phenomenon. In particular, I will argue two hypotheses: 1) that an extensive favorable attitude of acceptance toward gender-neutral language does not imply extensive willingness to use it; 2) that its use is more readily accepted and used in vocative positions, indicating that it works better as a strategic discursive option than as an ongoing linguistic change.

【 授权许可】

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