Research in the Teaching of English Nov 2007

Where Is She? Gender Occurrences in Online Grammar Guides

Nicole Amare University of South Alabama

Abstract

This article examines seven online grammar guides for instances of linguistic sexism. The grammar sentences from .edu Websites were analyzed based on NCTE’s “Guidelines for Gender-Fair Use of Language” (2002) using the criteria of generic he and man; titles, labels, and names; gender stereotypes; order of mention (firstness); and ratio of male to female. Of the 3,220 sentences analyzed, 3,020 occurrences of gendered language were found and were analyzed based on gender-fair language criteria.

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Research in the Teaching of English
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2007-11-01
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10.58680/rte20076490
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