Language, Cognition and Gender
dc.contributor.author | Sabine Sczesny | * |
dc.contributor.author | Alan Garnham | * |
dc.contributor.author | Jane Oakhill | * |
dc.contributor.author | Lisa von Stockhausen | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-11T17:24:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-11T17:24:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | * |
dc.date.submitted | 2016-01-19 14:05:46 | * |
dc.identifier | 18279 | * |
dc.identifier.issn | 16648714 | * |
dc.identifier.uri | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51394 | |
dc.description.abstract | Gender inequality remains an issue of high relevance, and controversy, in society. Previous research shows that language contributes to gender inequality in various ways: Gender-related information is transmitted through formal and semantic features of language, such as the grammatical category of gender, through gender-related connotations of role names (e.g., manager, secretary), and through customs of denoting social groups with derogatory vs. neutral names. Both as a formal system and as a means of communication, language passively reflects culture-specific social conditions. In active use it can also be used to express and, potentially, perpetuate those conditions. The questions addressed in the contributions to this Frontiers Special Topic include: • how languages shape the cognitive representations of gender • how features of languages correspond with gender equality in different societies • how language contributes to social behaviour towards the sexes • how gender equality can be promoted through strategies for gender-fair language use These questions are explored both developmentally (across the life span from childhood to old age) and in adults. The contributions present work conducted across a wide range of languages, including some studies that make cross-linguistic comparisons. Among the contributors are both cognitive and social psychologists and linguists, all with an excellent research standing. The studies employ a wide range of empirical methods: from surveys to electro-physiology. The papers in the Special Topic present a wide range of complimentary studies, which will make a substantial contribution to understanding in this important area. | * |
dc.language | English | * |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Frontiers Research Topics | * |
dc.subject | BF1-990 | * |
dc.subject | Q1-390 | * |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Gender stereotype | * |
dc.subject.other | Gender-fair language | * |
dc.subject.other | Grammatical Gender | * |
dc.subject.other | Language | * |
dc.subject.other | gender | * |
dc.subject.other | Cognition | * |
dc.subject.other | Gender discrimination | * |
dc.title | Language, Cognition and Gender | * |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.3389/978-2-88919-892-4 | * |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae | * |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9782889198924 | * |
oapen.pages | 188 | * |
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