Abstract and References

Gender equality is a key goal of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, and gender-sensitive language has become a significant focus of both public and academic interest. This lecture will contrast the public discourses on linguistic gender-marking in Germany and Finland, highlighting Finland's "genderless" language status and Germany's ongoing shift away from the generic masculine. We will discuss the methodologies employed in this analysis and explore how these approaches can be adapted and applied to research in other cultural and linguistic contexts.

References

Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (ApuZ), Zeitschrift der Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, (72) 5–7/2022: Geschlechtergerechte Sprache.

Larsen, Eirinn; Manns, Ulla; Östman, Ann-Catrin (2022): „Gender-equality pioneering, or how three Nordic states celebrated 100 years of women’s suffrage“, In: Scandinavian Journal of History, 624-647.