Boy or Girl? The Rise of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Japan

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F20%3A73602695" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/20:73602695 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://silvajp.home.amu.edu.pl/Silva%2056575859.pdf" target="_blank" >http://silvajp.home.amu.edu.pl/Silva%2056575859.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/sijp.2020.56-59.2" target="_blank" >10.12775/sijp.2020.56-59.2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Boy or Girl? The Rise of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Japan

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One current issue concerning Japanese given names is the increasing number of names lacking gender-distinctive features in their graphic and/or phonological form. Unlike in the past, recently even some of the most popular names are given to both boys and girls. This paper explores this phenomenon in the context of the changes in name selection in the last several decades, analyzing names given to 4,567 boys and 4,806 girls born 2008–2016. Comparing these two name sets from the point of view of their orthography, length, structure, and kanji selection brought forth the main distinctive features between current male and female names. A further analysis revealed some features common to the gender-neutral names, and various aspects related to losing gender distinction. The explanations of the parents’ reasons for selecting the particular name, included in the corpus, provided some insight into why some parents select names that do not indicate the gender of their child.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Boy or Girl? The Rise of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Japan

Popis výsledku anglicky

One current issue concerning Japanese given names is the increasing number of names lacking gender-distinctive features in their graphic and/or phonological form. Unlike in the past, recently even some of the most popular names are given to both boys and girls. This paper explores this phenomenon in the context of the changes in name selection in the last several decades, analyzing names given to 4,567 boys and 4,806 girls born 2008–2016. Comparing these two name sets from the point of view of their orthography, length, structure, and kanji selection brought forth the main distinctive features between current male and female names. A further analysis revealed some features common to the gender-neutral names, and various aspects related to losing gender distinction. The explanations of the parents’ reasons for selecting the particular name, included in the corpus, provided some insight into why some parents select names that do not indicate the gender of their child.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60202 - Specific languages

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Silva Iaponicarum

ISSN

1734-4328

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

56-59

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2018/2019

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

26-41

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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