In pursuit of epistemic authority in public intellectual engagement: the case of language and gender

IF 1.4 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Iker Erdocia, Josep Soler
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Abstract Public intellectual life is an area of inquiry that has not received a great deal of attention within the field of sociolinguistics. This article investigates the performative dimension of public intellectual engagement in the area of language and gender and, more specifically, how epistemic authority about gender-neutral language is constructed in public intellectual contributions in Catalonia, Spain. Adopting Arendt’s notion of truth claim and the Foucauldian concepts of regimes of truth and epistemic sovereignty, we empirically examine the mechanisms of reception and validation of the public engagements of one highly visible linguistic scholar. Our study shows the ways in which this intellectual figure strives to be recognised as having exclusive scientific authority about language. We argue that pursuing the allegedly impartial standpoint of epistemic authority about gender and language inevitably advances the interests of specific political actors and large media corporations of a conservative strand that fervently oppose gender-neutral language.
追求公共知识参与中的知识权威:语言和性别的案例
公共知识分子生活是一个在社会语言学领域内尚未受到大量关注的研究领域。本文研究了公共知识分子在语言和性别领域参与的行为维度,更具体地说,是如何在西班牙加泰罗尼亚的公共知识分子贡献中构建关于性别中立语言的认知权威的。采用阿伦特的真理主张概念和福柯的真理制度和知识主权概念,我们实证地考察了一位高度可见的语言学家的公共参与的接受和验证机制。我们的研究表明,这位知识分子力图被认为在语言方面拥有独家的科学权威。我们认为,追求所谓的关于性别和语言的知识权威的公正立场,不可避免地会促进特定政治行为者和保守的大型媒体公司的利益,他们强烈反对性别中立的语言。
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自引率
13.00%
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38
期刊介绍: Multilingua is a refereed academic journal publishing six issues per volume. It has established itself as an international forum for interdisciplinary research on linguistic diversity in social life. The journal is particularly interested in publishing high-quality empirical yet theoretically-grounded research from hitherto neglected sociolinguistic contexts worldwide. Topics: -Bi- and multilingualism -Language education, learning, and policy -Inter- and cross-cultural communication -Translation and interpreting in social contexts -Critical sociolinguistic studies of language and communication in globalization, transnationalism, migration, and mobility across time and space
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