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Gender is ever present in our conversation. It is used to explain everything and is embedded in our institutions, our actions, thoughts and beliefs. In this research, we set out to establish the linguistic strategies employed by the male and female members of the Kenya National Assembly to drive their agenda and to achieve successful communication. This research sets out to establish assembly members’...
Seit etwa fünf Jahren wird in der Öffentlichkeit intensiv und unversöhnlich über „geschlechtergerechte Sprache“ debattiert. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden auf der Basis wiederkehrender Argumentationsfiguren die Sprachideologien in dieser Debatte analysiert: Häufig wird „dem“ Sprachsystem der Primat über den Gebrauch eingeräumt, faktische Sprachvariation wird am Modell der eigenen Kompetenz homogenisiert,...