Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media

Most contemporary and sensitive English language users, especially women and those who are careful not be misunderstood as insensitive language users do not consider „man‟ to be synonymous with „people‟. Therefore users of the English language, and for that matter any language, have to be mindful ab...

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Main Author:	Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/9772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9772/4/AWARENESS_OF_GENDER%5B1%5D.pdf

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spelling	iium-97722012-02-08T09:06:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9772/ Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen H61.8 Communication of information PE English Most contemporary and sensitive English language users, especially women and those who are careful not be misunderstood as insensitive language users do not consider „man‟ to be synonymous with „people‟. Therefore users of the English language, and for that matter any language, have to be mindful about the ways gender is expressed in discourse. This paper will deal with the print and online editions of the Malaysian daily newspaper The Star for the month of December, 2009. The study is primarily focused on nouns which are gendered in a way regarded as inappropriate because the noun refers to the wrong gender, or it is expressed in such a manner that it excludes one of the two genders, when both should be rightly included. The paper will confine itself to local (Malaysian) news items. It will elaborate on both the proper use of non-sexist language and that which is deemed sexist. The findings are expected to bring about greater awareness of gender-sensitive usage and lead to their appropriate use in the print media. 2010-06-16 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9772/4/AWARENESS_OF_GENDER%5B1%5D.pdf Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen (2010) Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media. In: Conference on on Discourse and Society "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Discourse", 16 - 18 June 2010, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	Most contemporary and sensitive English language users, especially women and those who are careful not be misunderstood as insensitive language users do not consider „man‟ to be synonymous with „people‟. Therefore users of the English language, and for that matter any language, have to be mindful about the ways gender is expressed in discourse. This paper will deal with the print and online editions of the Malaysian daily newspaper The Star for the month of December, 2009. The study is primarily focused on nouns which are gendered in a way regarded as inappropriate because the noun refers to the wrong gender, or it is expressed in such a manner that it excludes one of the two genders, when both should be rightly included. The paper will confine itself to local (Malaysian) news items. It will elaborate on both the proper use of non-sexist language and that which is deemed sexist. The findings are expected to bring about greater awareness of gender-sensitive usage and lead to their appropriate use in the print media.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen
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title	Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media
title_short	Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media
title_full	Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media
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title_full_unstemmed	Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media
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Awareness of gender-sensitive expressions in the print media

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