Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Abstract:

The text addresses the problem of relationships between grammatical gender and the possible existence relationbetween gender-based linguistic asymmetry on the one side, and thinking and organization of social lifeon the other. It is commonly believed that language not only describes but also creates reality, and the lackof gender-based linguistic symmetry leads therefore to a number of negative phenomena that impede theposition of women or even exclude them from participating in public and political life. Not dismissing thisview entirely, the texts demonstrates that the influence of grammatical gender and the feminine equivalentson thinking and on the situation of women is marginal. The comparison with the Arab countries and Iranprovides the most convincing evidence. Arabic is characterized by an almost ideal symmetry with regardto gender, and Persian has no grammatical gender at all. Despite this fact, the situation of women in bothareas of the Arab-Muslim culture is one of the worst in the whole world.

Relation:

Socjolingwistyka

Volume:

34

Start page:

275

End page:

294

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

doi.org/10.17651/SOCJOLING.34.17 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:164458

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

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Access:

Open