Review article
Sex/gender - between theory of politeness and feminist linguistics
Kornelija Pinter
; Posgraduate (Doctoral) Study Program of Croatian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Feminist criticism of language is the one which reconceptualizes sex and questions pragmalinguistics about redifining sex (gender) and stereotypes about it. By showing the change of the approach towards sex/gender, there also arises the question about the possiblity of recognizing these changes in pragmalinguistics. Terminological determination and theory of politeness have been discussed, as well as sex as part of the context of politeness in the so far pragmalinguistic approaches. From the aspect of feminist linguistics and gender theory, politeness in drama discourse, which turned out to be saturated with proofs of stereotypes and prejudice concerning gender polarization has been analysed.
Keywords
politeness; sex; gender; stereotypes
Hrčak ID:
174616
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2011.
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