Transgenderism and the Female Register. A Gender-Differentiating Analysis of the Female Register among Trans Men and Trans Women

Hausarbeit , 2019 , 20 Seiten , Note: 1,7

Anglistik - Linguistik

Language’ is based on biological sex, hence the hypothesis is that female-to-male (FtM) transgender individuals use the female register more than male-to-female (MtF) transgender individuals, even though FtM persons identify with the male gender. The two research questions in this study, that follow from those considerations, are, first, does the language of a transgender person change during sex change and/ or hormone treatment? Second, do MtF individuals use the female register more often than FtM individuals or vice versa?

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Preliminary Considerations
2.1 The Female Register and Criticism of this Model
2.2 Different Perspectives: The Constructivist Model
2.3 Gender Non-Conformity

3. Analysis
3.1 Corpus and Method of Analysis
3.2 Results: Transgenderism and the Female Register
3.2.1 Hedges
3.2.2 Affective Adjectives
3.2.3 Swearwords
3.2.4 Intensifiers
3.3 Discussion

4. Conclusion

References

• Hochschule: Universität Augsburg
• Note: 1,7
• Autor: Sina Nachtrub (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Seiten: 20
• Katalognummer: V1005446
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346384751
• ISBN (Buch): 9783346384768
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: Language and Gender, Transgender, Female Register