Influence of Dominant Languages in the Development of Non-sexist Language Policies for Subordinate Languages: Analysis of the Welsh Case
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Based on an analysis of the case of the proposals for the official non-sexist language policy for Welsh, on the one hand, this paper explores to what extent strategic decisions regarding the implementation of non-androcentric are affected by the subordinated status of such languages, whilst at the same time discussing the possible implications of mechanically importing strategies previously drawn up for the dominant language, especially in cases where there is a significant discrepancy between the way either language (in this case Welsh and English) linguistically encode the ‘biological’ gender of human referents. The article goes on to compare the possible repercussions caused by the application of three the main of strategies, labelled ‘neutralisation’, ‘explicitation’ and ‘radical/disruptive’. Whilst recognising that not all subordinated languages share the same characteristics and framework, the paper concludes that non-androcentric language reform ventures are not incompatible with the conservation of endangered languages, making it not only possible but necessary to integrate them into the wider language planning framework.
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