Polish. Language and gender in Polish

Koniuszaniec, Gabriela; Blaszkowska, Hanka

doi:10.1075/impact.11.15kon

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 11] 2003
► pp. 259–285

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Polish. Language and gender in Polish

Gabriela Koniuszaniec | Adam Mickiewicz-University, Poznan, Poland

Hanka Blaszkowska | Adam Mickiewicz-University, Poznan, Poland | Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

Published online: 10 April 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.15kon

1.Introduction

2.Categories of gender in Polish

2.1Grammatical gender

2.2Agreement

2.3Lexical and referential gender

3.Word-formation

4.Male as norm in Polish

4.1Word order

4.2Proper names

4.3Generic masculines

5.The linguistic representation of women in Polish newspapers

6.Feminism as a social movement and feminist linguistics in Poland

7.Strategies for the avoidance of sexist language

8.Conclusion

Notes

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