2011
DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2011.541388
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Feminist language planning in Sweden

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“…22 While we have trained a spotlight on structural features between languages that persist over long temporal stretches, we realize that the use of specific words within languages often evolves. Consider that some nations have legislated the public's use of gender-neutral terms like "police officer" versus "policeman" (Milles 2011). Prior work reveals that short-term shifts in word use within languages can meaningfully affect people's behavior and choices (Pérez 2015).…”
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“…22 While we have trained a spotlight on structural features between languages that persist over long temporal stretches, we realize that the use of specific words within languages often evolves. Consider that some nations have legislated the public's use of gender-neutral terms like "police officer" versus "policeman" (Milles 2011). Prior work reveals that short-term shifts in word use within languages can meaningfully affect people's behavior and choices (Pérez 2015).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, the fact that language structures may have important socioeconomic consequences has been at the core of several language reform proposals. In the case of gender, for example, the promotion of new gender‐neutral terms and ways of communicating has been pursued by the Swedish Language Council (Milles, ). There have even been proposals by some feminists to introduce a new genderless language as a path towards gender equality (e.g.…”
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“…Utvärderingar av hur olika initiativ har slagit ut finns också (Cooper 1989, Pauwels 2000. För svenskans del vet vi exempelvis ganska mycket om vilket genomslag lanseringarna av orden snippa och hen har fått (Milles 2006(Milles , 2011(Milles , 2013.…”
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