The European Parliament and non-sexist Language: a Corpus Linguistic Research
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https://doi.org/10.24310/trt.27.2023.12933Keywords:
non-sexist language, European Parliament, institutional translation, linguistic CorporaAbstract
The aim of this article is to analyse whether the European Parliament implements its own non-sexist language guidelines and how they are reflected in the Spanish translation. To this effect, a diachronic research on ECPC_EN and ECPC_ES corpora is carried out. The analysis conducts a research on the participation of women and men in the debates; as well as their representation on discourse. Additionally, two lexical matters in both languages are analysed: names, marital status and titles, and names of professions. Lastly, the conclusions drawn from the theoretical framework and analysis are presented.
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