DO ENGLISH IDIOMS HOLD WOMEN BACK?
| dc.contributor.author | Basisa, Natalia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-27T13:14:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-27T13:14:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A connection between gender and language studies exists, as language mirrors social, cultural and gender asymmetries. Hellinger and Bußmann (2015) indicated that language has built a male-centered worldview, while according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (Sapir 1929: 211): “the language is not only a product of a society, but also means of formation of its intellection and mentality”. Idioms convey principles of cultures, so they are the main source for gender-linguistic studies. The aim of this paper is to investigate, through corpora and dictionaries, whether idioms bear a sign of gender bias and if the English language has become more neutral. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0861-0029 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/470 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski" | |
| dc.subject | gender | |
| dc.subject | language | |
| dc.subject | idioms | |
| dc.subject | culture | |
| dc.subject | corpora | |
| dc.title | DO ENGLISH IDIOMS HOLD WOMEN BACK? | |
| dc.type | Article |