Zur Pragmatik des Genderns. Das Partizip I in Text und Situation

Abstract

‘Participle I’ often displaces masculine nomina agentis, especially because it can be used neutrally without indicating gender. A more precise analysis of such substitutions in their contexts makes clear that the grammatically based difference is still effective even in lexicalised forms. Opportunities to find gender-neutral language therefore requires the pragmatics of the description of language in authentic texts which are always formulated in special situations.

Keywords

• gender-neutral speech
• participle
• nomen agentis
• situation