Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of View
Several proposals have been presented to make Spanish more inclusive in recent decades. In the case of inclusive language for a third gender, different groups advocate for new suffixes, such as <-@, -*, -x, -e, and -i>. In this work, I suggest that an option aligned with general trends in ling...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres (APEM)
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres |
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| Online Access: | https://exaequo.apem-estudos.org/artigo/third-gender-marking-in-spanish |
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| Summary: | Several proposals have been presented to make Spanish more inclusive in recent decades. In the case of inclusive language for a third gender, different groups advocate for new suffixes, such as <-@, -*, -x, -e, and -i>. In this work, I suggest that an option aligned with general trends in linguistic change is more likely to succeed, although intentional language planning will likely still be needed. Characteristics of a more easily adoptable third-gender suffix are presented, and each potential suffix is evaluated to determine which could be more successful from the perspective of linguistic change. |
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| ISSN: | 0874-5560 2184-0385 |