| Note: | ABSTRACT: The diploma thesis deals with the issue of gender (in)equality in language, as a result of social change. Many experts are actively engaged in solving this issue, and linguists have the task of solving this problem in their field, which requires the formation of new words and their introduction into the language. This thesis examines this problem on the example of the Serbian and Slovenian languages. As a native speaker of Serbian and a speaker of L2 Slovenian, I have noticed that there are certain differences in the derivation of the feminine forms from the masculine forms (and vice versa), as well as in everyday language uage. The aim of the thesis is to compare the openness of Serbian and Slovenian speakers towards new words forms, as well as to investigate the reasons for (non)adoption of new forms. Analyzing the data from the two surveys, it is found that although the Serbian and Slovenian languages are similar, there are major differences in the speed of adoption of new features into the language. Slovenian is more flexible and tends to create its own lexicon compared to Serbian. After the analysis, we come to the conclusion that it is necessary to see the problem in a wider context and to look for answers outside the linguistics. / KEYWORDS: Slovene, Serbian, professions, female gender, male gender, word formation |
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