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URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/some-reflections-on-inclusive-
 language/
SUMMARY:Some reflections on 'inclusive language'
DESCRIPTION:According to strong versions of the so called Sapir-Whorf Hypot
 hesis\, which language one speaks determines to a significant extend what 
 one believes (at least\, in some particular domains). Strong versions of t
 he S-W hypothesis seem to lack empirical support. Still\, there is one cas
 e where people would seem to be assuming a strong version of the S-W hypot
 hesis: that of the so called &ldquo\;inclusive language&rdquo\; or &ldquo\
 ;non-sexist language&rdquo\;. In this talk\, I will use as a starting poin
 t the instructions &nbsp\;that seek to promote the use of inclusive langua
 ge that the UB provides to its members.Several authors and language profes
 sionals (most significantly the &nbsp\;linguist Carme Junyent) have forcef
 ully argued against the attempts by our university (and others) to promote
  the use of inclusive language. &nbsp\;(Junyent 2013\, 2021). I think that
  some of the arguments that Junyent and others have provided are very inte
 resting and worth discussing (for instance\, one argument that appeals to 
 Chomskian considerations about the innate nature of the structural feature
 s of language). I will identify four main such arguments. I will then sugg
 est that we should carefully distinguish among different ways in which one
  might understand what adopting an inclusive language amounts to. I will a
 rgue that under one\, appropriate\, understanding of it\, it is possible t
 o answer the four main arguments by Junyent and others. Furthermore\, we c
 an provide some positive arguments for the usefulness and adequacy of enco
 uraging the use of inclusive language (properly understood).
CATEGORIES:Seminar
LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia UB
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