Rewriting language how literary texts can promote inclusive language use /
Luck, Christiane,
Rewriting language how literary texts can promote inclusive language use / [electronic resource] : Christiane Luck. - London : UCL Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (204 pages). - Comparative literature and culture . - Comparative literature and culture. .
Made available as an Open Access pdf by UCL Press.
Inclusive language remains a hot topic. Despite decades of empirical evidence and revisions of formal language use, many inclusive adaptations of English and German continue to be ignored or contested. But how to convince speakers of the importance of inclusive language? This book provides one possible answer: by engaging readers with the issue, literary texts can help to raise awareness and thereby promote wider linguistic change. Christiane Luck analyses five iconic texts from a literary, linguistic and sociological perspective.
9781787356672 (PDF ebook) : No price
Bias-free language.
Literature--History and criticism.
Language.
Rewriting language how literary texts can promote inclusive language use / [electronic resource] : Christiane Luck. - London : UCL Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (204 pages). - Comparative literature and culture . - Comparative literature and culture. .
Made available as an Open Access pdf by UCL Press.
Inclusive language remains a hot topic. Despite decades of empirical evidence and revisions of formal language use, many inclusive adaptations of English and German continue to be ignored or contested. But how to convince speakers of the importance of inclusive language? This book provides one possible answer: by engaging readers with the issue, literary texts can help to raise awareness and thereby promote wider linguistic change. Christiane Luck analyses five iconic texts from a literary, linguistic and sociological perspective.
9781787356672 (PDF ebook) : No price
Bias-free language.
Literature--History and criticism.
Language.
