article.page.titleprefix Are gender neutral pronouns really neutral? Testing a male bias in the grammatical genderless languages Turkish and Finnish
Date
2023-10
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Publisher
Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Abstract
Languages differ in how grammatically salient gender is. We explored if grammatically gender-neutral pronouns in Finnish and Turkish, two grammatically genderless languages, are gender neutral or male biased, thereby activating male, rather than female, exemplars. We also tested whether differences in national level gender equality influence the male bias. Results indicated a male bias in both languages, whereas national level gender equality had no influence. Implications for gender-fair language reforms in grammatically genderless languages are discussed.
Description
Open Access, Published by Journal of Language and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X221146229, Emma A Renström, Department of Psychology, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden, Anna Lindqvist, Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Gulcin Akbas, Department of Psychology, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey, Laura Hekanaho, Department of Languages, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Keywords
Pronouns, genderless languages, male bias, Finland, Turkey
Citation
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1916