Gender and language in the labour market : analysis of job advertisements in Slovenia between 1958 and 2018

Mikić, Jasna (author)

The present article explores the use of grammatical forms in job advertisements published over the past 60 years (1958, 1978, 1998 and 2018). A historical examination of the use of gender forms in employment is based on analysis of job advertisements published in the Slovenian language, and the particular socio-economic context. The results show that the frequency of use of the masculine, feminine and neutral forms has not drastically altered over the decades. In general, feminine and neutral forms were used less frequently, and the masculine grammatical form consistently dominates. In 2018, the latter was seemingly neutralised by adding the abbreviation M/F.

• Language: English
• Keywords: language, gender, labour market, job advertisements, Slovenian language, masculine grammatical form
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 30.03.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 160-182, 231
• Numbering: Letn. 58, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138885
• UDC: 811.163.6\'366.52:331:659.131.1(497.4)\"1958/2018\"
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.58.1.160-182
• COBISS.SI-ID: 57002499
• Publication date in RUL: 24.08.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Spol in jezik na trgu delovne sile

Abstract

V pričujočem članku raziskujemo rabo različnih slovničnih oblik pri zapisovanju zaposlitvenih oglasov v obdobju zadnjih šestdesetih let (1958, 1978, 1998 in 2018). Zgodovinski vpogled v rabo določenih oblik pri zaposlovanju je utemeljen na analizi oglasov v slovenskem jeziku in specifičnem družbeno-ekonomskem kontekstu. Rezultati so pokazali, da se raba ženskih, moških in nevtralnih oblik skozi čas ni veliko spreminjala. Ženske in nevtralne oblike so se uporabljale zelo redko, prevladovala pa je predvsem raba moške slovnične oblike, ki se je leta 2018 navidezno nevtralizirala z dodajanjem kratice M/Ž.

• Keywords: zaposlitveni oglasi, moška slovnična oblika