Gender-Inclusive Language

Findings from 14 Languages and Open Research Questions

Falco Pfalzgraf

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• eBook ISBN:
  9783111702179
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This book provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of current research and desiderata related to the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 major European languages. It also addresses minority languages and foreign language teaching. Methodologically, the book innovatively bridges Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Multilingual Communication, Translation Studies, Modern Languages, and Psychology. It has the potential to become essential reading for researchers and educators in Linguistics, Translation, Modern Language Studies, and Applied Linguistics, as well as for policymakers and language professionals navigating the challenges of inclusive communication in a multilingual world.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction and findings: Gender-inclusive language – Research and desiderata
• Gender inclusive Czech language: The renaissance of collectives?
• Gender-inclusive language in Dutch
• Esimies or esihenkilö? Investigating the use of gender-exclusive and gender-inclusive occupational titles in Finnish
• Joys and perils of gender inclusivity: How the French Senate passed a bill to ban écriture inclusive
• Gender-fair language in German: Current situation and ongoing research
• Gender language practices in Greek: Reform, uptake and metapragmatic stancetaking
• Italian: Schwa-washing in activism, the media and publishing
• Gender inclusive language in Norwegian (Bokmål): How (not) to encode referential gender
• From tradition to inclusion: The pitfalls of generic gender grammar in Polish
• An overview of gender-inclusive aspects concerning Romanian
• Gender-inclusive language in Spanish: Where it is now and where it is headed
• Gender-inclusive pronouns and gender conceptualization in Swedish. The role of the politicization of gender
• Gender-neutral language in situations of minoritization: Some examples from Catalan and Breton
• Index