Turkish. The communication of gender in Turkish

Braun, Friederike

doi:10.1075/impact.9.17bra

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 9] 2001
► pp. 283–310

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Turkish. The communication of gender in Turkish

Friederike Braun | University of Kiel, Germany

Published online: 9 October 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.9.17bra

1.Introduction 2. Gender in the Turkish language system 3. Covert gender – the semantics of terms without overt gender distinctions 3.1 Covert gender 3.2 Covert gender in context 3.3 Linguistic effects of covert gender 4. Asymmetrical gender marking 5. The male-human ambiguity 5.1 Male = human 5.2 Human > male 6. Gender in Turkish proverbs 7. Gender in terms of abuse and verbal insults 8. Feminist language critique and linguistic change in Turkish 9. Conclusion Notes References

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