title: The fluid meaning of femininity in modern contexts: Demure, celebratory, assertive
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metadata.value: Tolochin, Igor V.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kurkina, Arina S.
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metadata.value: 2024-04-26T22:19:53Z
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metadata.value: 2024-04-26T22:19:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.value: Тоlochin I. V., Kurkina A. S. The fluid meaning of femininity in modern contexts: Demure, celebratory, assertive. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature. 2023, 20 (4): 925–941. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2023.415
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2023.415
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45364
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metadata.value: The paper presents the analysis of the use of the noun femininity in a sample of 700 contexts
  drawn from four English language corpora: COCA, COHA, BNC, NOW, spanning the
  period of the last three decades. Femininity is disambiguated as a polysemic word with its
  senses reflecting the evolutionary trends in the perception of female gender in contemporary
  culture. Sense 1 represents the traditional attitude to femininity. Sense 2 reflects the trend to
  disconnect the meaning of the word from the patriarchal perspective and still preserve all the
  traditional positive features of the word as they appear in its Sense 1. Sense 3 is defined on the
  basis of contexts that assert the radical change of the perspective and of the salient features
  of the word. The findings demonstrate how language responds and adapts to societal changes
  brought about by feminist activism. The paper provides a critical analysis of dictionary entries
  for femininity in Merriam-Webster, LEXICO, and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary
  English, revealing the insufficient nature of treating femininity as a monosemic word as well
  as contradictions and inconsistencies in the entries themselves. Ample illustrative material
  from the language corpora is provided to explain the nature of each of the senses of femininity
  in modern English.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Language and Literature;Volume 20; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: corpus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: context
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: polysemy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: feminism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: dictionary
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: gender
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The fluid meaning of femininity in modern contexts: Demure, celebratory, assertive
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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