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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-3c66bf9d08ad4b74848d3c4b48b01bd42025-08-20T02:16:34ZengAssociação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres (APEM)Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres0874-55602184-03852024-06-014910.22355/exaequo.2024.49.09Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of ViewIrene Checa-García0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9022-6817University of Wyoming, USA 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.https://exaequo.apem-estudos.org/artigo/third-gender-marking-in-spanishinclusive languagethird genderlanguage changespanish gender |
| spellingShingle | Irene Checa-García Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of View Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres inclusive language third gender language change spanish gender |
| title | Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of View |
| title_full | Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of View |
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| title_short | Third Gender Marking in Spanish: Evaluation of Current Options from a Linguistic Change Point of View |
| title_sort | third gender marking in spanish evaluation of current options from a linguistic change point of view |
| topic | inclusive language third gender language change spanish gender |
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