Given the importance of novel formations in science and speculative fiction, the aim of this paper is to analyse a selection of morphosemantic and semantic neologisms that occur in the feminist dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), namely those items more closely connected with women’s lives. These items are gathered, classified and discussed by resorting to the tools provided by Morphology, Lexical Semantics, Onomastics and Women’s Studies. Therefore, the paper explores how new names for people (Econowives, Offred), activities (Particicution), artifacts (Birthmobile) and places (the Colonies) play a part in the linguistic task of female subjugation. It shows how in a fictional republic where gender roles and religious totalitarianism are ta...
The paper is a linguistic analysis of metonymic and metaphoric broadenings of the notion of a woman ...
La identidad de las mujeres, como han demostrado los estudios feministas, es una construcción cultur...
Over the last few decades, the gender variable has been investigated in terms of linguistic variatio...
In this paper I analyse the neologisms used in four dystopian novels –Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Worl...
The present study analyses the work The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, through a critical view...
Este artículo analiza la utilización y privación del lenguaje en el contexto histórico que se retrat...
Nesta dissertação, procuramos analisar como as personagens femininas lidam com as violências imposta...
El presente artículo pretende indagar en los márgenes del discurso, en el “centro silenciado” (Spiv...
The purpose of this article is to analyze female representation through Cultural Theory in the serie...
Por meio de uma abordagem narratológica pós-clássica, esta dissertação analisa a maneira como são ...
Over the last few decades, the gender variable has been investigated in terms of linguistic variatio...
Margaret Atwood’s works are worldwide-known pieces in science fiction literature. So much so that he...
Language is essentially a means of communication in today’s society. As people interact, they unavoi...
Literature can be understood and analyzed using many different approaches. In this study, the focus...
The Handmaid’s Tale is a story where women’s rights have been revoked, and thus women are back in ge...
The paper is a linguistic analysis of metonymic and metaphoric broadenings of the notion of a woman ...
La identidad de las mujeres, como han demostrado los estudios feministas, es una construcción cultur...
Over the last few decades, the gender variable has been investigated in terms of linguistic variatio...
In this paper I analyse the neologisms used in four dystopian novels –Aldous Huxley’s Brave New Worl...
The present study analyses the work The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, through a critical view...
Este artículo analiza la utilización y privación del lenguaje en el contexto histórico que se retrat...
Nesta dissertação, procuramos analisar como as personagens femininas lidam com as violências imposta...
El presente artículo pretende indagar en los márgenes del discurso, en el “centro silenciado” (Spiv...
The purpose of this article is to analyze female representation through Cultural Theory in the serie...
Por meio de uma abordagem narratológica pós-clássica, esta dissertação analisa a maneira como são ...
Over the last few decades, the gender variable has been investigated in terms of linguistic variatio...
Margaret Atwood’s works are worldwide-known pieces in science fiction literature. So much so that he...
Language is essentially a means of communication in today’s society. As people interact, they unavoi...
Literature can be understood and analyzed using many different approaches. In this study, the focus...
The Handmaid’s Tale is a story where women’s rights have been revoked, and thus women are back in ge...
The paper is a linguistic analysis of metonymic and metaphoric broadenings of the notion of a woman ...
La identidad de las mujeres, como han demostrado los estudios feministas, es una construcción cultur...
Over the last few decades, the gender variable has been investigated in terms of linguistic variatio...