1. Ilona Soukup (Wien): Die europäische Sprachpolitik und ihre Wirkung auf Ungarn. Grundlagen - Anforderungen - Umsetzung.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE policy ,HUNGARIAN literature ,GENDER differences in language ,GRAMMAR ,WOMEN & literature ,SEXISM & literature ,GENDER studies ,PROVERBS - Abstract
The following paper deals with European language policies and their implementation with respect to the Hungarian language. Since its accession to the EU in 2004, Hungary has committed itself to the Treaty of Amsterdam and the principle of equalisation. Because of this, Gender Studies finally found an interesting field of research concerning Hungary and the Hungarian language. Although the language has no grammatical gender (neither for nouns nor for pronouns), some discriminating language use can still be perceived: the disregard of women in language use, descriptions of women involving dependency upon men, expressions that refer negatively to women, proverbs that describe women in a negative way, etc. Thus, it is just as important to show sexism in Hungarian language use and to work against it, as it is in other (European) languages. The objective of this study was to identify sexism in general language use, translations and the media, and to discuss what further developments can be expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2009