Linguistic Turn and Gendering Language in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Main Authors: DIAH ARIANI ARIMBI, NIDN. 0004057002, DENY ARNOS K., NIDN. 0001017509
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
• Subjects: P Language and Literature; P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/86447/15/04.%20Linguistic%20Turn%20Fulltext.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/86447/16/04.%20Linguistic%20Turnitin.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/86447/7/04.%20Peer%20Review%201%2B2%20%26%20Validasi.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/86447/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n10p166
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Language constructs how humans perceive things. Since language is a human construction, it tends to be biased as it is mainly men’s construction. Using gender perspectives, this paper attempts to discuss the imbalance in gender representations found in the examples given in an English learner’s dict...