Date:  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 16:58:23 -0700

From:  Gail Stygall <stygall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Inclusive Language



Tim (and Bethany):

I've just come off a quarter of teaching Language and Gender. On the

issue of inclusive language, I still think the Francine Frank and Paula

Treichler _Language, Gender, and Professional Language_ (MLA, 1989) is

the most thorough treatment of common problems and solutions. But see also



Erlich, Susan and Ruth King. "Feminist Meanings and Sexist Speech

    Communities." _Proceedings of 2nd Berkeley Women & Lang. Conf.

    Eds. Kira Hall, Mary Bucholtz, and Birch Moonwoman. Berkeley:

    Women & Lang. Group, U of California, 1992. 100-107.

Greene, Kathryn and Donald L. Rubin. "Effects of Gender Inclusive/

    Exclusive Language in Religious Discourse." _Journal of

    Language and Social Psychology_ 10.2 (1991): 81-98.

Miller, Casey and Kate Swift. _The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing_.

    2nd ed. (NY: Harper, 1988).

Mitchell, Felicia. "College English Handbooks and Pronomial Usage

    Guidelines: Mixed Reactions to Nonsexist Language." _Women

    and Language_ 15 (1992): 37-42.

Rubin, Donald L., Kathryn Greene, and Deidra Schneider. "Adopting

    Gender-Inclusive Language Reforms: Diachronic and Synchronic

    Variation." _Journal of Language and Social Psychology_ 13.2

    (1994): 91-114.



And Deborah Cameron's revised edition of _Feminism and Linguistic Theory_

(2nd ed., NY: St. Martin's, 1990) has some discussion of the "politics"

of insisting on inclusive language. I would be interested in knowing of

other citations on the subject, as I will teach the course again next spring.

Gail



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University of Washington        Seattle WA 98195