ConSOLE 31 2023 • Bielefeld University

‘(…) Die größte, dümmste Zerstörung einer europäischen Sprache’: An analysis of the Twitter discourse regarding gender sensitive language

Niklas Alexander Pohl

Universiteit van Amsterdam

niklas.alexander.pohl@gmail.com
Gender-Sensitive LanguageSociolinguisticsTwitter CorpusGerman Linguistics

Abstract

Recently, gender sensitive alternatives towards the use of masculine generics have become an issue of public discourse in Germany. Past research on the topic has shown how the topic is weaponised by political actors on the far right. This study contributes to this understanding by examining the discourse surrounding gender sensitive language on Twitter. A total of 10,000 tweets were extracted and analysed through keyness analysis. The results indicate that opinions on Twitter, as well as the language used within the tweets, reflect how the topic is being weaponised by the far-right.

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Niklas Alexander Pohl (2023). ‘(…) die größte, dümmste zerstörung einer europäischen sprache’: an analysis of the twitter discourse regarding gender sensitive language. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 31, edited by Iva Kovač, Paul Meisenbichler, Atefeh Shahbazi, Hadis Tamleh, Maximilian Wiesner, (pp. 174–196).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{pohl-twitterdiscourse-2023, title={‘(…) Die größte, dümmste Zerstörung einer europäischen Sprache’: An analysis of the Twitter discourse regarding gender sensitive language}, author={Niklas Alexander Pohl}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 31}, year={2023}, pages={174–196}, editor={Iva Kovač and Paul Meisenbichler and Atefeh Shahbazi and Hadis Tamleh and Maximilian Wiesner} }

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