Sökning: "linguistic reforms"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden linguistic reforms.

  1. 1. Male-biased language: a diachronic corpus study of neutralization strategy in gender-based linguistic reforms

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Evelina Eriksson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Corpus linguistics; generic pronouns; neutralization; linguistic reforms; epicene; gender-neutral language;

    Sammanfattning : This paper focuses on the use of English epicene pronouns in discourse which most individuals are exposed to on an everyday basis. Gender-based linguistic reforms have been implemented since the beginning of the 1970s, to achieve a more non-sexist language. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Language, Gender, and Sexuality in EFL Textbooks : The Case of Greek Public Secondary Schools

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Maria Koutsoupaki; [2022]
    Nyckelord :language and gender; sexuality; non-binary; LGBTQ ; heteronormativity; queer theory; patriarchy; EFL; Greek public school; textbooks; interviews;

    Sammanfattning : The past few decades have been marked by increasing awareness of issues pertaining to gender and sexuality, since both concepts have started being treated as continuums or spectrums, rather than as binaries. Therefore, the fields of gender and queer linguistics have been growing in significance, in an effort to identify underlying ideologies and biases in language, and to challenge them. LÄS MER

  4. 3. L’auteure constate que les femmes pourraient être plus visibles dans le monde universitaire français: La féminisation lexicale. Une étude menée sur vingt thèses de doctorat

    Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Lára Hammer Björnsdóttir; [2020-02-04]
    Nyckelord :franska; linguistic representation of women; grammatical gender;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the linguistic representation of women in the French academic world since the implementation of feminist language reforms in the 80s and 90s. More specifically, it analyses a corpus built of twenty doctoral theses published in France, focusing on the grammatical gender of the terms auteur (author) and chercheur (researcher) when referring to women. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Milletsystemet : Minoritetsskydd och grupprättigheter i ett historiskt perspektiv

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Författare :Nora Alouch; [2016]
    Nyckelord :ottoman empire; milletsystem; minority protection; collective rights; group rights; individual rights; human rights; legal reform; nineteenth century; equality; discrimination; ottomanska imperiet; milletsystemet; minoritetsskydd; minoritetsspecifika rättigheter; minoritet; majoritet; folkgrupp; diskriminering; kollektiva rättigheter; grupprättigheter; individuella rättigheter; mänskliga rättigheter; artikel 27 ICCPR; självbestämmande; dhimmis; millet; kolonisering; ius publicum europaeum; aritmetisk jämlikhet; geometrisk jämlikhet; armeniska folkmordet; likhetsprincipen; legala reformer;

    Sammanfattning : Minority protection mechanisms in international law aim to guarantee certain individual rights to persons belonging to ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, such as freedom of culture, religion and language. These rights can be considered to be of collective interest for minority group identity and therefore often require the possibility of collective enjoyment. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Taking it to the Next Level : A Research on how to Improve Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Europe

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Hessel Luxen; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Education; Foreign Language; English; European Identity; Barcelona Objectives;

    Sammanfattning : The primary purpose of this study is to determine how teaching English in European schools can become more effective in order to improve the quality of foreign language education and the quantity of students learning it. Currently, only the minority (38%) of European citizens possesses the ability to speak English, while its importance continues to grow. LÄS MER