人们对代名词的信仰反映了他们所说的语言和他们的意识形态
April H Bailey1, Robin Dembroff2, Daniel Wodak3
1University of New Hampshire, Department of Psychology.
Journal of experimental psychology. General
|April 22, 2024
概括
人们的社会意识形态影响他们对代词的看法. 对社会层次和群体独特性的信仰预测了对基于性别和种族的代词的支持.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 代词经常编码社会身份,导致关于包容性语言的辩论.
- 目前的讨论涉及为非二元个体和其他身份群体调整代词.
研究的目的:
- 调查非专业人士关于代词应该编码哪些社会身份的信仰.
- 探索这些信仰的根本原因,考虑社会意识形态.
主要方法:
- 四项研究评估了真实和假设代词 (性别,种族,身份中立).
- 参与者包括英语 (N=1,120) 和土耳其语 (N=260) 发言者,比较不同的代词系统.
- 测量了社会意识形态,包括本质主义和社会支配性取向.
主要成果:
- 参与者表现出对母语代词系统的熟悉偏好.
- 社会意识形态显著预测了对二元性别和种族代词的认可.
- 一项实验研究证实了意识形态和代词认可之间的因果关系.
结论:
- 普通人对代名词的态度是由语言熟悉和社会意识形态共同塑造的.
- 研究结果为语言和社会认知理论提供了信息,并为关于语言变化的政策讨论提供了信息.
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