Jämställdhet mellan könen i svenskan

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): Gender equality in Swedish
• Author: Lucija Piliškić
• Mentor: Anita Skelin Horvat (mentor)
• Mentor: Ante Petrović (mentor)
• Committee member: Anita Skelin Horvat (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ante Petrović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-25, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; German Studies

Abstract

Osim što jezik koristimo kao sredstvo za komuniciranje i izražavanje, također ga koristimo i kako bismo opisali svoje okruženje te stvorili slike o sebi i drugima oko nas. Jedna od karakteristika jezika je ta da se jezik uvijek mijenja i prilagođava potrebama modernoga svijeta. Daniel Wojahn (2013) jezik smatra toliko moćnim da mu pridaje ulogu „aktivnog kreatora stvarnosti“. Time želi naglasiti da jezik nije jedini koji se prilagođava svijetu i promjenama u njemu već da se i svijet prilagođava jeziku. Dio promjena koje se događaju u jeziku vezan je uz promjenu u stavovima prema ženama i muškarcima, ali i u razumijevanju roda općenito. Kada su se prava žena izjednačila s pravima muškaraca, neki su lingvisti željeli da i jezik bude više inkluzivan jer su smatrali da korištenje rodno neutralnog jezika pridonosi stvaranju ravnopravnog svijeta. Neki od primjera promjena u švedskom jeziku predstavljeni su u ovom radu: korištenje zamjenice en umjesto zamjenice man, korištenje rodno neutralnih naziva za zanimanja i korištenje rodno neutralne zamjenice hen.

Abstract (english)

We do not only use language to communicate and to express ourselves but also to describe our surroundings and internalize our impressions of both ourselves and others. One of the main characteristics of language is that it constantly changes in order to adapt to the needs of the modern world. Daniel Wojahn (2013) considers the power of language so great that he assigns to it the role of an "active creator of reality". This way he wants to emphasize that language is not the only one in the process of constant adaptation - the world adapts to language, too. Some of the changes in language are related to the changes in attitudes towards women and men and to the understanding of gender in general. In the past, when women were granted the same rights as men, some linguists wanted to make language more inclusive - they thought that using gender-neutral language would contribute to the more equal world. Some examples of such changes underwent by Swedish are presented in this paper. Changes such as using the pronoun en instead of the pronoun man, using gender-neutral forms when talking about professions, and using the gender-neutral pronoun hen.

• Keywords: švedski; ravnopravnost; rod; neutralne zamjenice; jezik
• Keywords (english): Swedish; equality; gender; neutral pronouns; language
• Language: swedish
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:117546
• Study programme: Title: Swedish Language and Culture (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-09-26 20:21:25