Attitudes Toward Gender-Neutral Spanish: Acceptability and Adoptability

• Autores: Bonnin, Juan Eduardo; Coronel, Alejandro Anibal
• Año de publicación: 2021
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: ARGENTINA; GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE; INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE; LINGUISTIC ATTITUDES; NON-GENDERED LANGUAGE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

This article presents the results of a survey conducted in January 2020 about attitudes toward gender-neutral language in Argentina. The survey was delivered mainly through social networks to 4,205 participants, and its results help understand the complexity of the attitudes toward the phenomenon. In particular, I will argue two hypotheses: 1) that an extensive favorable attitude of acceptance toward gender-neutral language does not imply extensive willingness to use it; 2) that its use is more readily accepted and used in vocative positions, indicating that it works better as a strategic discursive option than as an ongoing linguistic change.
Fil: Bonnin, Juan Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Innovación de los Trabajadores. Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo. Centro de Innovación de los Trabajadores; Argentina
Fil: Coronel, Alejandro Anibal. No especifíca;