Article published in:
Gender, Language and the Periphery: Grammatical and social gender from the marginsEdited by Julie Abbou and Fabienne H. Baider
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 264] 2016
► pp. 285–322
“Moldovan” and feminist language politics
Two distinct peripheral linguistic markets
The notion of “peripheral linguistic market” accounts for linguistic practice common
to a non-dominant group of speakers with endogene rules that are set up
in opposition to the “official linguistic market”, yet dependent on them. Against
this background, the practice of Moldovan / Romanian and antisexist linguistic
practices can be considered as distinct peripheral markets that hardly interact
with each other. Explanations for the absence of antisexist linguistic practices
and research on language and gender in Moldova could start from this hypothesis.
Despite its inflectional complexity and conservative linguistic practices, the
grammatical structure of Romanian/Moldovan offers multiple opportunities for
anti-sexist interventions. However, research has shown that becoming aware of
the multiple dimensions of grammatical gender in Romanian/Moldovan is a challenge,
even for speakers with elaborated registers and metalinguistic knowledge.
Examples of feminization and double gendering strategies developed by participants
in an experimental workshop are presented and discussed in this article.
Keywords: feminism antisexist linguistic practices, linguistic insecurity, linguistic market, Romanian / Moldovan, Russian
Published online: 16 December 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.264.11wei
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.264.11wei
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