The use of morphologically feminine forms when referring to the occupational and other titles of women in the online newspaper Blic from 2000 to 2018

Authors

  • Sanja Markeljić University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/zivjez.2022.42.1.6

Keywords:

morphologically feminine forms, linguistic gender equality, inconsistency(s), Blic

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the use of the morphologically feminine forms when referring to the occupational and other titles of women in the journalistic texts of the online newspaper Blic from 2000 to 2018. The aim of this paper is to show whether the use of these forms increased during the mentioned period. For the purposes of conducting the aforementioned analysis, we gathered a corpus of 285 journalistic texts. Our hypothesis is that the use increased due to the efforts dedicated to achieving linguistic gender equality and raising awareness of its importance. However, we expect to find inconsistencies in its use because media outlets are allowed to decide independently on the application of linguistic and other aspects of media gender equality. The conducted research confirmed both stated hypotheses. 

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Published

2022-12-29

How to Cite

Markeljić С. (2022). The use of morphologically feminine forms when referring to the occupational and other titles of women in the online newspaper Blic from 2000 to 2018. Živi Jezici: Journal for Foreign Languages and Literatures, 42(1), 113–134. https://doi.org/10.18485/zivjez.2022.42.1.6

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 1: (2022)

Section

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

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