AUTHOR=Bonnin Juan Eduardo , Coronel Alejandro Anibal 

TITLE=Attitudes Toward Gender-Neutral Spanish: Acceptability and Adoptability

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.629616

DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2021.629616

ISSN=2297-7775

ABSTRACT=<p>This article presents the results of a survey conducted in January 2020 about attitudes toward gender-neutral language in Argentina. The survey was delivered mainly through social networks to 4,205 participants, and its results help understand the complexity of the attitudes toward the phenomenon. In particular, I will argue two hypotheses: 1) that an extensive favorable attitude of acceptance toward gender-neutral language does not imply extensive willingness to use it; 2) that its use is more readily accepted and used in vocative positions, indicating that it works better as a strategic discursive option than as an ongoing linguistic change.</p>