Third gender marking in Spanish: Evaluation of current options from a linguistic change point of view

• Irene Checa-García ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Wyoming

     University of Wyoming

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Ex aequo, ISSN-e 2184-0385, ISSN 0874-5560, Nº. 49, 2024, págs. 123-138
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Several proposals have been presented to make Spanish more inclusive in recent decades. In the case of inclusive language for a third gender, different groups advocate for new suffixes, such as <-@, -*, -x, -e, and -i>. In this work, I suggest that an option aligned with general trends in linguistic change is more likely to succeed, although intentional language planning will likely still be needed. Characteristics of a more easily adoptable third-gender suffix are presented, and each potential suffix is evaluated to determine which could be more successful from the perspective of linguistic change.