Abstract
Language is a social phenomenon and reflects
the existing beliefs in a community. It is possible to discover the
institutionalized beliefs, orientations and ideologies through study of
language even in case of male and female relationships. This research attempts
to discuss the sexism or non-sexism of "Mukriani Kurdish" through
compilation of male and female adjectives as well as terms of address. To this
end, a number of widely used idioms, proverbs and terminologies were analyzed
from among 7000 words in two books of (Hedi, 1999) and (Fatahi Ghazi,1986). The
results showed that Mukriani Kurdish is sexist and application of sexist
language among individuals depends to a great extent on their gender, age,
occupation, qualification and social class. Moreover, failure of educated
individuals to use such language may be due to their lack of familiarity with
linguistic terms as a result of studying in a language other than native
language.
References
- Alinejad, Batol. 2004. Relativism study of Gender category in line with the development of Persian Language. Published Articles of the first National Iranian Studies Conference. p 493-520.
- Avdal, Amine. 1959. Patronomy among the Kurds of Armenia in the 19th century: Sovetskaia Emogrofiia. 6: 150-2.
- Chyet, Michael. 1997. Kurdish – English Dictionary : Kurmanji- English. Chyet and Graham Production. Unpublished.
- Dzhalil Dzalile. 1987. Kurdy Sovetskoi Armenii: Bibliografiia (1920-1980).Ervan: Izdatel’stvo Akademiia Nauk Armianskoi SSR. 1987
- Fattahi Qazi, Qader. 1986. “Kurdish proverbs and sayings”. Tabriz University. Tabriz,Iran.
- Foley, William A. 1997. Anthropological Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers.
- Hassanpour, Amir. 2001. “The (Re)production of Patriarchy in the Kurdish Language” p 228-260.
- Hazhar, Abdolrahman sharafkandi. 2003. Kurdish – Persian dictionary. Tehran. Souroush press.
Abstract
Language is a social phenomenon and reflects
the existing beliefs in a community. It is possible to discover the
institutionalized beliefs, orientations and ideologies through study of
language even in case of male and female relationships. This research attempts
to discuss the sexism or non-sexism of "Mukriani Kurdish" through
compilation of male and female adjectives as well as terms of address. To this
end, a number of widely used idioms, proverbs and terminologies were analyzed
from among 7000 words in two books of (Hedi, 1999) and (Fatahi Ghazi,1986). The
results showed that Mukriani Kurdish is sexist and application of sexist
language among individuals depends to a great extent on their gender, age,
occupation, qualification and social class. Moreover, failure of educated
individuals to use such language may be due to their lack of familiarity with
linguistic terms as a result of studying in a language other than native
language.
References
- Alinejad, Batol. 2004. Relativism study of Gender category in line with the development of Persian Language. Published Articles of the first National Iranian Studies Conference. p 493-520.
- Avdal, Amine. 1959. Patronomy among the Kurds of Armenia in the 19th century: Sovetskaia Emogrofiia. 6: 150-2.
- Chyet, Michael. 1997. Kurdish – English Dictionary : Kurmanji- English. Chyet and Graham Production. Unpublished.
- Dzhalil Dzalile. 1987. Kurdy Sovetskoi Armenii: Bibliografiia (1920-1980).Ervan: Izdatel’stvo Akademiia Nauk Armianskoi SSR. 1987
- Fattahi Qazi, Qader. 1986. “Kurdish proverbs and sayings”. Tabriz University. Tabriz,Iran.
- Foley, William A. 1997. Anthropological Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers.
- Hassanpour, Amir. 2001. “The (Re)production of Patriarchy in the Kurdish Language” p 228-260.
- Hazhar, Abdolrahman sharafkandi. 2003. Kurdish – Persian dictionary. Tehran. Souroush press.
Details
| Journal Section | Makaleler |
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| Publication Date | December 10, 2016 |
| Submission Date | December 17, 2016 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2016Volume: 2 Issue: 3 |
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