Inclusive language, uses of the morpheme –e and subjective stances

Abstract

Among the current proposals to avoid sexism and binarism in language, we focus on the morpheme -e (chiques). Within the framework of the Dialogic approach to argumentation and polyphony and, following the line of research presented in previous papers, enunciations with this morpheme are analyzed as dialogic responses to discourse frames related to the norm (academic and social) and, consequently, as the materialization of different enunciative positions in relation to them. As diverse instances of heterogeneity, the occurrences of the morpheme -e confirm the symbolic and social value of language and account for a position taken in the polemical arena about the use of inclusive language. The analysis focuses on written and oral interventions stemming from different discursive genres (journalistic, political, advertising, legal and academic) and produced in recent years in Argentina.