A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF FEMINITIVES IN BULGARIAN, POLISH AND RUSSIAN

• Published in: Cognitive studies (Warsaw) Vol. 19; no. 19; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Sosnowski, Wojciech Paweł, Satoła-Staśkowiak, Joanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Warsaw Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk 01-01-2019; Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (ISS PAS)
• Subjects: Asymmetry; Bulgarian language; Comparative Linguistics; Contrastive analysis; Eastern Slavic Languages; Feminism; feminitives; Gender; Gender-inclusive language; language asymmetry; Language usage; Linguistics; Philology; Polish language; Professions; Russian language; Slavic languages; Social research; South Slavic Languages; Theoretical Linguistics; Western Slavic Languages; Women; contrastive analysis; Russian language; Polish language; Bulgarian language; androcentrism; feminitives; language asymmetry
• ISSN: 2080-7147; 2392-2397; 2392-2397
• DOI: 10.11649/cs.1922

The subject of this article is the contemporary usage of feminitives (specifically the names of occupations and functions), which traditionally are most often derived from masculine names. The article presents a contrastive analysis of feminitive usage in three Slavic languages: Bulgarian, Polish and Russian. The article examines the problem of linguistic asymmetry in the creation of feminine names in the three languages and presents the views of renowned linguists on the issue.