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Inclusive definitions of legal concepts in Italian: possibilities, limits and a case study

Linguistik Online
The traditional use of the generic masculine in the Italian legal language has been criticised for being sexist. Therefore, the paper examines the possibilities and limitations of drafting inclusive definitions of legal agentives in Italian.
Elena Chiocchetti, Isabella Stanizzi
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Masculinity, Matrimony and Generation: Reconfiguring Patriarchy in Drum 1951–1983 [PDF]

Journal of Southern African Studies, 2008
In this article, I discuss some of the ways in which Drum tended to ascribe ‘modernity’ to particular practices and processes in opposition to other practices and processes portrayed as ‘traditional’. In mid-twentieth-century South Africa, dominant discourses tended to signal (white) male adulthood through independent decision making alongside ...
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From Nominalisation to Passive in Old Tibetan: Reconstructing Grammatical Meaning in an Extinct Language1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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A more‐than‐human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Since its inception, conservation science has considered wildlife trade a problem. In focusing on conservation outcomes, conservationists almost completely ignore the welfare of traded animals and plants and the harms they endure. We developed a political ecology approach that incorporates the interconnectedness of people with animals and ...
Sicily Fiennes, Novi Hardianto, Silvi Dwi Anasari, Luthfiyyah Damani, Jero Haryono, Tom Jackson, Asri A. Dwiyahreni, Christopher Birchall, George Holmes, Christopher Hassall   +9 more
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What Job Would You Apply To? Findings on the Impact of Language on Job Searches

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether gender‐inclusive language in job advertisements can increase women's interest in applying for male‐dominated occupations. We implemented a discrete choice experiment with 5679 participants in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Each respondent evaluates multiple paired ads for the same job with job content
Ana Maria Diaz, Luz Magdalena Salas, Claudia Piras, Agustina Suaya   +3 more
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Sociolinguistic Aspects of Gender-(In)Sensitive Language in English and Slovak [PDF]

Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики
The paper dwells upon the study of sociological and linguistic aspects of gender-(in)sensitive language in English and Slovak. Gender stereotypes and their consequences in society, culture, and language are presented as a central theme, therefore in the ...
Ivana Pondelíková , Alena Štulajterová   +1 more
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Generic homonyms in the Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) [PDF]

, 2001
New replacement names are proposed: Megapnosaurus Ivie, Slipinski and Wegrzynowicz NEW REPLACEMENT NAME for Syntarsus Raath 1969 (Ceratosauria: Coelophysidae), not Syntarsus Fairmaire 1869 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae); and Stephaniolus Ivie ...
Ivie, Michael A., Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam, Wegrzynowicz, Piotr   +2 more
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“Consultants Who Pick Up Their Children Every Day Don't Exist”: How Professionals Experience Conflicting Norms Through Successive Gendered Trials

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Norms surrounding ideal workers and parents are gendered: the ideal worker is fully dedicated to the job and outsources care responsibilities, whereas the ideal mother is expected to be entirely devoted to her children. Working mothers can use flexible work arrangements (FWAs) to reduce resulting tensions.
Lucie Noury, Stéphan Pezé, Sébastien Gand   +2 more
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Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae) [PDF]

, 2009
Generic placement of Nearctic species of Ochodaeinae has lagged behind changes in generic concepts in the group. In order to place Nearctic species into the appropriate genus-level taxa, several nomenclatural changes are made.
Paulsen, Matthew J.
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Doing gender locally: The importance of ‘place’ in understanding marginalised masculinities and young men’s transitions to ‘safe’ and successful futures [PDF]

, 2017
Observable anxieties have been developing about the position of boys and young men in contemporary society in recent years. This is expressed as a crisis of masculinity, in which place is often implicitly implicated, but is rarely considered for its role
Anderson E., Anderson E., Anna Tarrant, Bannister J., Brandth B., Brid Featherstone, Connell R. W., Deuchar R., Gareth Terry, Goffman E., Goffman E., Gorman-Murray A., Gunter A., Heward C., Hoff Summers C., Kimmel M., Kimmel M., Majors R., Martin Robb, Martino W., Michael R. M. Ward, Miller J., Morris E., Rutherford J., Sandy Ruxton, Sewell T., van Hoven B., Ward M. R.M., Whitehead S. M., Willis P.   +29 more
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