What Is Neutral Language?

What Is Neutral Language?

Gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language is language that avoids bias towards a particular sex or social gender. In English, this includes use of nouns that are not gender-specific to refer to roles or professions, formation of phrases in a coequal manner, and discontinuing the blanket use of male terms.

What is language neutral?

1. Language-neutral, in this context, means "applies equally to all languages".

Why English is a neutral language?

English was seen as neutral in these nations because of what it was not – it was not the language of a minority who might unfairly benefit from the adoption of their language, nor the language of historical oppressors (Tötemeyer 2010: 10) – rather than because of any inherent quality of the language.

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