Dis/Continuity in the Representation of Gender in Names Across Cultures: An Introduction
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F25%3A73631157" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/25:73631157 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/SS-2024-0016" target="_blank" >https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/SS-2024-0016</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/SS-2024-0016" target="_blank" >10.3138/SS-2024-0016</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Dis/Continuity in the Representation of Gender in Names Across Cultures: An Introduction
Original language description
Given names in many countries are typically sex-specific, whether this is legally enforced or completely unregulated. Gender-neutral names have been rare, have tended to evolve from masculine names, and have been seen as more advantageous for girls than boys, to whom sex stereotyping is more rigidly applied. However, in the context of recent shifts in gender equality and in conceptualizations of gender as nonbinary, linguistic marking of gender through names may itself be changing over time and exhibit variations across different language cultures. Our main goal in this special issue is to advance knowledge on contemporary gender-related personal naming practices through examining evidence about continuities and discontinuities in linguistic representations of gender in given names. We bring together a collection of studies that explore how gender is marked through names in a range of language cultures in Europe (Spanish, Bulgarian, and German) and Asia (Japanese and Mandarin Chinese). In this introductory article, we provide an overview of changing societal contexts of gender relations and identities that frame developments in the linguistic marking of gender through names, review research literature, and outline a theoretical background for the articles included in the special issue.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60202 - Specific languages
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-08916S" target="_blank" >GA22-08916S: Names and Gender: The Growing Trend of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Contemporary Japan</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sociolinguistic Studies
ISSN
1750-8649
e-ISSN
1750-8657
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
CA - CANADA
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
001501457100007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105008346038