Contemporary Female Names: Tradition Discovered in the Interwar Period?
Contemporary Female Names: Tradition Discovered in the Interwar Period?
Author(s): Renata PrzybylskaSubject(s): History, Gender Studies, Foreign languages learning, Customs / Folklore, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Western Slavic Languages, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: feminine names; heritage of the Second Polish Republic in the Polish language; emancipation of women
Summary/Abstract: In the introductory part, the article presents the latest work of Polish linguists on the heritage of the interwar period in the Polish language and contemporary communication practices. The main part is devoted to the intensifying contemporary tendency to create female names in Polish for those professions, positions and functions which so far had only masculine names, for instance, architektka from architekt, psycholożka from psycholog. The feminization of names is shown against the background of linguistic practices in the interwar period. The process of women’s emancipation initiated at that time was reflected in the language. Contemporary disputes over the feminization of names are marked in terms of worldview and ideology. On the one hand, supporters of feminization refer to the tradition of the interwar period, while on the other, opponents reject it.
Journal: Postscriptum Polonistyczne
- Issue Year: 34/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-14
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
