Acta Albaruthenica

Conveying the phenomenon of non-binary identities in Belarusian: new challenges of gender and language

2023, Issue 23

Uladzislaŭ Ivanoŭ

0000-0003-1493-0017

European Humanities University in Vilnius, Faculty of Social Sciences

DOI

10.31338/2720-698Xaa.23.9

Publication date

16.02.2024

Submission date

24.06.2022

Acceptance date

27.09.2023

Publishing model

open access

License type

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 PL

Field

Humanities

Discipline

literary studies, linguistics

Language of publication

Belarusian

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Abstract

The article attempts to analyse the inclusive Belarusian language, especially such an understudied segment as non-binary, non-binary identity, and how it is presented in the Belarusian language. This is the first attempt in Belarusian linguistics to respond to these new challenges and analyse both the internal resources of the language (pronouns, neuter noun, epicenity, neologisms, etc.) and external resources (for example, borrowings) in connection with the needs of non-binary individuals. In addition to the Belarusian case, the article presents a comparative perspective – the experience of other languages (English, French, Ukrainian and Lithuanian) in the development of non-binary vocabulary, and other linguistic tools for self-determination are analysed. Special attention in the text is devoted to neology as the most effective and promising means of developing a non-binary vocabulary.

Keywords:

Language and gender,Non-binary and language,Inclusive Language,Gender Inclusive Language,Gender-neutral language,Gendered language,Gendered Pronouns,Genderless language,neologisms

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