Gender equality and language in university classes: Findings from a student research project

As educational institutions and living environments, universities exert a formative influence on the socialization of students. On the subject of maintening gender-equitable language at universities, there has been a significant amount of empirical research into communicative practice in teaching and learning contexts. This paper presents an explorative study, conducted as part of a training research project with first-year students, that explored the extent and quality of gender-equitable linguistic practice in three academic cultures. The results show that gender-inequitable generalizing male forms (generic masculine) are dominant in academic linguistic use.

30.03.2015 | Anne Gburzynski, Linda Stolzke (Lüneburg), Amadea Strauß (Dresden), Daniel Fischer & Julia Weitzel (Lüneburg)