Gender neutral proper names: current situation and perspectives
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...
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Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology
2023-01-01
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a81da53d074d4fa79e28a897a5f2919f2025-08-02T16:06:29ZcesCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of SociologyGender a Výzkum2570-65782570-65862023-01-01232213910.13060/gav.2022.014gav-202202-0002Gender neutral proper names: current situation and perspectivesJana Valdrová0Universita InnsbruckPersonal 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.https://genderonline.cz/en/artkey/gav-202202-0002_gender-neutral-proper-names-current-situation-and-perspectives.phponomasticsgenderonomasticsproper namegender-neutral nameunisex namegenderonymczech languagetrans people |
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| topic | onomastics genderonomastics proper name gender-neutral name unisex name genderonym czech language trans people |
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