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Actitudes de un grupo de adolescentes mexicanos hacia el lenguaje inclusivo: Alternativas al masculino genérico
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Spanish.
2020 (Spanish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Attitudes of a group of Mexican teenagers towards inclusive language (English)
Abstract [en]

Language and culture are deeply intertwined. Language reflects and influences the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of its users. Therefore, the use of non-sexist language can contribute to achieving gender equality in society. This study focuses on the perceptions of a group of Mexican teenagers towards inclusive language. In particular, their acceptance degree towards various gender morphemes are studied and compared to the generic use of the masculine gender. The results of the survey show a clear preference for the alternatives that are easy to pronounce, so called, normative gender morphemes, including the generic use of the masculine compared to new, non-normative gender morphemes that are inclusive but difficult to pronounce. Women prefer the splitting strategy (“desdoblamiento”) to a larger degree than men do. Men have a more conservative posture and prefer the generic use of the masculine and reject non-normative gender morphemes. The differences among informants of different socioeconomic levels are smaller. Still, it seems that informants of a higher socioeconomic level have a more conservative attitude towards inclusive language than informants of a lower socioeconomic level.

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2020.
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Grammatical gender, inclusive language, gender neutral language, non-sexist language, Spanish, Mexican teenagers, sociolinguistics, language attitudes.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-34224OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-34224DiVA, id: diva2:1443395
Available from: 2020-06-18 Created: 2020-06-18 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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