Argumente în favoarea şi împotriva feminizării numelor de meserii în limba franceză contemporană
Literature, discourse and multicultural dialogue Uluslararası Bilimsel Konferansı, Petru Maior Üniversitesi, Târgu Mureș, Romanya, Targu-Mures, Romanya, 5 - 06 Aralık 2013, ss.962-968, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Targu-Mures
- Basıldığı Ülke: Romanya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.962-968
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The subject of profession names feminisation is complex, it refers not only to the
linguistic system, but also to the ideological system. The cultural progress of society, women’s
access to higher education, their integration on the labour market, and then their gradual
access to management, disrupted the order that the language reflected and that was imposed
by the French Academy, which relies on grammatical morphology and language history.
Nouns denoting professions that have experienced a recent feminization and whose feminine
is not formed in a „natural“ way, as un chercheur / une chercheuse illustrate the existence of
a symbolic barrier, firmly embedded in the consciousness of users.
In addition to the grammatical or linguistic barriers, that can prevent reforms of the
language, there are many socio-cultural arguments, both for but also against feminisation. It
is often difficult to find the middle ground in this multitude of views. In this paper, we intend
to study the various arguments favourable to feminisation, but also those which oppose these
linguistic changes.
Regarding the arguments of the opponents, feminization is derogatory to women exercising
the job, and they propose as a solution, the use of generic masculine.
For the supporters of feminization, this initiative is not a whim for imposing some simple
words, but it is about the power of language and the woman’s place. By the professional
name, the woman integrates herself in a psychological, symbolic, social and professional
reality. So, feminine nouns denoting professions are seen as a sign of parity.
Keywords: feminisation, professional nouns, arguments in favour, arguments against.