Actualization of feminist ideas in modern English презентация

Actualization of
feminist ideas
in modern English

The relevance of the research work is related to the fact that in recent decades feminism has had the greatest impact on the English language in comparison with other socio-cultural phenomena.

The object of the study is the lexical means of objectification of the phenomenon of feminism.
The subject of the research is methods of objectification of linguistic means of actualization of feminism.
The purpose of the work is to systematize and analyze the means of actualizing feminism on the material of the English language.

social movements
Political
religious
revolutionary
youth
feminist

Latin word femina (woman)
+
the suffix –ism
(means a system of beliefs and views)
"feminism"

a) theory of political, economic and social equality of men and women;
b) organized movement for the protection of women's rights and interests
Definitions of feminism

Gender specification (feminization)
is a strategy used to achieve linguistic equality by giving an "invisible gender".

The strategy of gender neutralization is considered the most commonly used. It involves minimizing or eliminating gender-specific phrases and constructions.

Another way is to disuse the professionalisms formed by word composition and including the affixes man or woman, boy or girl.

areas of language use in which there are lexemes that include man in their composition, as well as options for replacing these lexemes with gender-neutral ones.
the names of nationalities
commonly used vocabulary

According to K. Swift's research, the frequency of using the word man in the generic meaning, as well as lexemes with the affix/component man, is decreasing, especially among the female part of society and writers.

avoid using he
Thus, in the mid-1970s, the Mx form was introduced to avoid gender specification. This form of address is used in cases where it is inappropriate to address someone only by first name or last name, for example, when specifying the addressee in a letter "Dear Mx Jones" or introducing the interlocutors to each other.