O problematyce kobiecej na płaszczyźnie językowej w kontekście zagadnienia równych szans w Polsce, Rosji i Bułgarii

This article aims to outline issues related to equal treatment of women and men that can be observed at the language level in Poland, Russia and Bulgaria. So far, the Polish, Russian and Bulgarian languages have not been subjected to a comparative analysis with regard to the use of feminitives. The article provides a contrastive analysis of names for professions and functions as well as certain linguistic conventions in the languages in question. Drawing on extensive linguistic material, the authors’ research exposes the problem of linguistic asymmetry in the creation of female names in the three Slavic languages representing the Western, Western and Southern groups respectively