Sexism of Gender in Arabic Vocabulary and Its Influence in Social Culture = تمييز الجنس في الكلمات العربية و تأثيرها في الثقافة الاجتماعية

Muassomah, Muassomah, Fitriani, Laily and Yurisa, Penny Respati (2020) Sexism of Gender in Arabic Vocabulary and Its Influence in Social Culture = تمييز الجنس في الكلمات العربية و تأثيرها في الثقافة الاجتماعية. Buletin Al-Turas, 26 (1). pp. 55-67. ISSN 0853-1692; 2579-5848

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Abstract

This study aims to explain how the linguistic elements of Arabic language reflects the social life of its users or society. This qualitative research relies on Arabic words and sentences as the main data taken from literatures and other written documents. The collected data are analysed qualitatively using a sociolinguistic approach to explain how the society use the Arabic words or sentences in their social interaction. The research reveals that Arabic language is one of the international languages which has the highest content of gender sexism among other languages in the world. Each Arabic word and sentence contain a gender identity (masculine and feminine). The Arabic or sentences that have a masculine identity are strong, strong, primary needs, and independent; whereas, the Arabic words or sentences that have a feminine identity are more likely to have the characteristics of cleanliness, health, secondary needs, and dependent. It can be concluded that the mastery of Arabic language requires not only the understanding of its words and sentences, but also its users’ social life where the Arabic Language grows and develops. In other words, the use of Arabic language cannot be separated from the ideology, culture and social life of its users.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Sexism; gender inequality; Arabic words; language and sociolinguistics
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) > 20040599 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of Arabic Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Laily Fitriani
Date Deposited:	10 May 2020 00:46

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