When Voisins Can Be Women and When They Cannot – Masculine Generics in French: An Experimental Study on the Influence of Stereotypicality and Role Noun Type on the Interpretation of Masculine Role Nouns (Linguistik in Empirie und Theorie/Empirical and Theoretical Linguistics)
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- Synopsis
- This book examines whether masculine plural role nouns in French trigger a male-specific interpretation. By closely replicating the French sample of an experiment run by Gygax et al. in 2008, Experiment 1 suggests that stereotypically male, neutral and female masculine role nouns tend to be associated with men. Experiment 2 focuses on the role noun type of stereotypically neutral role nouns (occupational nouns vs. non-occupational nouns) and indicates that the masculine role nouns were interpreted as referring to both men and women. While the findings of Experiment 1 align with an extensive body of previous empirical research, the results of Experiment 2 challenge most previous findings. In other words, the interpretation of masculine role nouns seems to be influenced by multiple factors and appears to be a complex phenomenon. In this vein, the approach sketched in this book is a step towards understanding the interpretation of masculine role nouns as a multifactorial phenomenon.
- Copyright:
- 2025
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783662716632
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783662716625
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Date of Addition:
- 07/26/25
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.