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Gender neutral proper names: current situation and perspectives
- Source :
- Gender a Výzkum, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 21-39 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2023.
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Abstract
- Personal proper names are part of a community's language inventory. To a large extent, they verbalise gender stereotypes, expectations and norms, power relations, political circumstances, and how minorities are treated. In my paper I analyse the current socio-onomastic representation of gender-neutral names in the context of naming practices in the Czech Republic. More specifically, I examine what factors might explain the decreased use of these names, which, paradoxically, differ from other names in that they have an extended functionality. From a linguistic and legal perspective I inquire into how Czech naming practices stigmatise the sexual otherness of non-binary people and trans people in Czech society. In the conclusion I set out the conditions that must be met for gender-neutral names to be freely available to the entire population.
Details
- Language :
- Czech, English
- ISSN :
- 25706578 and 25706586
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Gender a Výzkum
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.81da53d074d4fa79e28a897a5f2919f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.13060/gav.2022.014