TY  - JOUR
TT  - Language and Gender: Sexism in Kurdish Language (Mukriani  Dialect)
AU  - Mirmokri, Manijeh
AU  - Ahmadian, Ahmad
PY  - 2016
DA  - December
DO  - 10.21600/ijoks.278423
JF  - International Journal of Kurdish Studies
JO  - Kurdish Studies
PB  - Hasan KARACAN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-2751
SP  - 147
EP  - 164
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
KW  - Sexist language
KW  - Sexism
KW  - Mukriani Kurdish
KW  - Patriarchy
KW  - Dominance
KW  - Feudality
N2  - Language is a social phenomenon and reflectsthe existing beliefs in a community. It is possible to discover theinstitutionalized beliefs, orientations and ideologies through study oflanguage even in case of male and female relationships. This research attemptsto discuss the sexism or non-sexism of "Mukriani Kurdish" throughcompilation of male and female adjectives as well as terms of address. To thisend, a number of widely used idioms, proverbs and terminologies were analyzedfrom among 7000 words in two books of (Hedi, 1999) and (Fatahi Ghazi,1986). Theresults showed that Mukriani Kurdish is sexist and application of sexistlanguage among individuals depends to a great extent on their gender, age,occupation, qualification and social class. Moreover, failure of educatedindividuals to use such language may be due to their lack of familiarity withlinguistic terms as a result of studying in a language other than nativelanguage. 
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.278423
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/259786
ER  -