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Grammatical gender as a challenge for language policy: The (im)possibility of non-heteronormative language use in German versus English

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Author	Motschenbacher, Heiko
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The present paper aims to reinvigorate discussions of language policy within language, gender and sexuality studies. It provides initial considerations of a poststructuralist, non-heteronormative language policy for German and English—two languages whose structural make-up differs fundamentally with respect to gender representation. Gendered structure types (lexical, grammatical, social, referential gender; agreement patterns) and their relevance in the two languages are outlined. Three main strands of verbal hygiene in language, gender and sexuality studies (and their language policy strategies) are differentiated: non-sexist, LGBT-friendly and non-heteronormative language policies. The main focus is a specific type of non-heteronormative language policy, namely one which is guided by Queer Linguistic as well as applied linguistic principles. Gender neutralisation is found to be the most useful strategy in this respect. Whereas this strategy is usually unproblematic in English, the existence of a grammatical masculine–feminine contrast in German in some cases renders non-heteronormative language use impossible. It is argued that, in tune with a poststructuralist conceptualisation of language, Queer Linguistic intervention should not aim at changing the language system but at affecting the formation of gender and sexuality at the discursive level.
Starting Page	243
Ending Page	261
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15684555
Journal	Language Policy
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731863
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-11-12
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Language policy Grammatical gender Language, gender and sexuality Queer Linguistics Heteronormativity Gender neutralisation English German Applied Linguistics Language Education Sociolinguistics Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Linguistics and Language

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