It's Not the Language, It's Us: Recommendations on What Language Can Do and on What We as Writers Can Do

IF 1.6 4区 医学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY
Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith
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Abstract

Language is always already embedded in contexts. These contexts impact the ways that language is taken up, produced, and received. As such, making meaning out of language is a collaborative endeavor among producers, receivers, and bystanders . Here we draw on the literature to demonstrate what people believe about language and what language is. We review past attempts to create inclusivity in (written) language practices as well as discuss efforts by publishing houses to guide language use in publications. We end by offering a set of recommendations that we hope will be useful for a longer duration than simply changing lexicon.

重要的不是语言,而是我们:关于语言能做什么和我们作为作家能做什么的建议
语言总是嵌入在语境中。这些语境影响着语言被吸收、产生和接受的方式。因此,从语言中获得意义是生产者、接受者和旁观者之间的合作努力。在这里,我们利用文献来证明人们对语言的看法以及语言是什么。我们回顾了过去在(书面)语言实践中创造包容性的尝试,并讨论了出版社在指导出版物中语言使用方面的努力。最后,我们提供了一组建议,我们希望这些建议能够比简单地更改词汇更长久地有用。
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CiteScore
4.80
自引率
13.80%
发文量
124
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: The American Journal of Human Biology is the Official Journal of the Human Biology Association. The American Journal of Human Biology is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, internationally circulated journal that publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles and timely reviews, and brief communications in the interdisciplinary field of human biology. As the official journal of the Human Biology Association, the Journal also publishes abstracts of research presented at its annual scientific meeting and book reviews relevant to the field. The Journal seeks scholarly manuscripts that address all aspects of human biology, health, and disease, particularly those that stress comparative, developmental, ecological, or evolutionary perspectives. The transdisciplinary areas covered in the Journal include, but are not limited to, epidemiology, genetic variation, population biology and demography, physiology, anatomy, nutrition, growth and aging, physical performance, physical activity and fitness, ecology, and evolution, along with their interactions. The Journal publishes basic, applied, and methodologically oriented research from all areas, including measurement, analytical techniques and strategies, and computer applications in human biology. Like many other biologically oriented disciplines, the field of human biology has undergone considerable growth and diversification in recent years, and the expansion of the aims and scope of the Journal is a reflection of this growth and membership diversification. The Journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscripts of unusual interest.
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