TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luck,Christiane
ED  - UCL Press
TI  - Rewriting language: how literary texts can promote inclusive language use 
T2  - Comparative literature and culture
SN  - 9781787356672 (PDF ebook) :
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - UCL Press
KW  - Bias-free language
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Language
N1  - Made available as an Open Access pdf by UCL Press
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.uclpress.co.uk/collections/open-access/products/126978
ER  -