Tradition and innovation: Spanish. Gender in Spanish

Nissen, Uwe Kjær

doi:10.1075/impact.10.16nis

In:Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 10] 2002
► pp. 251–279

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Spanish. Gender in Spanish

Tradition and innovation

Uwe Kjær Nissen | University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Published online: 10 April 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.10.16nis

1.Introduction 2. Grammatical gender in Spanish 2.1 Masculine and feminine gender 2.2 Generic words and conflicts of agreement 2.3 The psycholinguistic reality of generics 3. The asymmetrical representation of women and men in Spanish 3.1 Hombre vs. mujer 3.2 Occupational titles 3.3 Sexual terminology 3.4 Sexism in selected text types 3.4.1 School books 3.4.2 Dictionaries 4. Female and male discourse 5. Guidelines for a non-sexist use of Spanish 6. Conclusion Notes References

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