Uso de they como pronombre inclusivo de la tercera persona del singular en artículos periodísticos relacionados con temáticas de género y transgénero
This paper analyzes the use of the pronoun they in American English as an inclusive singular pronoun which refers to a non-binary denomination, that is, it includes an “other” gender, in addition to the masculine/feminine opposition. This use of the inclusive singular pronoun they is analyzed in rel...
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Instituto de Lingüística, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/analeslinguistica/article/view/4895 |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the use of the pronoun they in American English as an inclusive singular pronoun which refers to a non-binary denomination, that is, it includes an “other” gender, in addition to the masculine/feminine opposition. This use of the inclusive singular pronoun they is analyzed in relation to other available options, such as he, she, he or she or he/she within journalistic articles in online American newspapers that refer to gender and transgender issues. The approach followed is the one proposed in William Diver’s theoretical postulates (1995) that gave rise to the Columbia Linguistic School. The corpus selected for the analysis consisted of thirty articles from different American newspapers in their online version (from 2015 to 2019) that were related to gender or transgender issues. As a conclusion, we can establish that the use of the inclusive singular pronoun they is more frequent than the options that imply a binary reference to the concept of gender (he, she, he or she, he/she) in articles that deal with these specific topics. Secondly, we can point out that the use of they to refer to general singular terms, such as child, someone, anyone, etc. is similar to the use that refers to a particular person. Finally, the inclusive pronoun they is more frequent in those news stories in which the protagonists share their personal experiences. |
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