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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2006
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- Women's language: a struggle to overcome inequality Sergio Bolaños Cuellar Lengua y Literatura Nu Shu Láadan Womens language inclusive feminine linguistic forms inclusive linguistic masculine forms This paper attempts to show that the intellectual construct womens language is entirelyjustified on a political, ideological, and economic basis that stresses the fact that womenhave historically been victims of overt (and covert) discrimination and exploitation in oursociety. Linguistically speaking, however, a womens language seems not to exist in traditionalstrict terms, but rather as a rhetorical term used in the form of a synecdoche. Despite theirincompleteness, two attempts of characterizing truly women languages, Nu Shu and Láadan,are discussed, underlining and recognizing their legitimate symbolic value as equalizingmanoeuvres. Women have resorted to more subtle linguistic means to emerge as visibleagents in our society. Linguistic resources go from a passive acceptance of the traditionalall-inclusive generic masculine forms, through the equalizing use of both masculine andfeminine markers, to the most progressive, liberal and controversial strategies of usingfeminizing forms, i.e. all-inclusive generic feminine forms. Womens struggle to overcomeinequity and inequality is a legitimate endeavour which is leaving visible linguistic traces inour languages. Women are changing languages around the world. 2006 artículo científico 0120-338X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21901908 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=219 Forma y Función application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Forma y Función (Colombia) Num.19