※　ジェンダーと言語権の交差点を照らし、社会と言語の関係を再考させる学際的アプローチ　※

本書はジェンダーと語彙・文法・談話といった言語現象、さらに言語権をめぐる社会的・政治的議論を横断的に検討する語学研究書です。言語が社会的不平等や権力構造とどのように結びつき、特定の集団の権利や表象に影響を与えるのかを、社会言語学・法言語学・ジェンダー研究・人権研究など複数の学問領域を組み合わせて分析しています。著者たちはインクルーシブ言語、ジェンダー化された語彙、制度的文書における言語使用、教育現場での言語政策、マイノリティ言語話者の権利など、具体的な事例を通して言語権の概念を再検討し、ジェンダー視点が言語政策や社会的包摂にどのような影響を与えるかを明らかにします。また、国際的な法制度や社会運動との関連にも触れ、言語が社会正義の実現に果たし得る役割を多角的に提示しています。言語と権利の問題を深く理解するための重要な研究成果です。

[対象地域、研究分野]
スペイン語圏／社会言語学・ジェンダーと言語研究・言語政策研究・法言語学を対象とし、社会言語学研究者・ジェンダー研究者・言語権研究者を対象としています。


Description:
This pioneering book explores the intricate relationship between gender and linguistic rights, shedding light on how language access and gender identity intersect in powerful and often overlooked ways. Linguistic rights-the right to speak one´s language, engage in social and cultural life, and receive information in a language one understands-are deeply entwined with the realities of migrant and deaf women, who often face systemic barriers rooted in both language and gender discrimination.

The decade-long academic collaboration between two translation and interpreting women scholars from the Universities of Vigo and Istanbul, bestows a unique and practice-informed lens to the study of language, gender, and human rights. Their shared expertise in applied linguistics, intercultural communication, and gender studies has helped them collate interdisciplinary research contributions that reveal the strong impact of access to one´s own language in diverse settings-from legal and technical discourse to literature, public services, and sign language interpreting, which is crucial for ensuring communication rights in deaf communities, especially deaf women.

This book focuses on translation and interpreting as empowerment instruments and highlights how these practices can foster inclusion, challenge linguistic discrimination, and guarantee human rights. Scholars, students, and professionals in gender studies, sociolinguistics, translation and interpreting, human rights, and intercultural communication would greatly benefit from the findings in this book since it offers fresh insights into the social responsibilities of language professionals and the critical role of translation and interpreting in ensuring equity and human rights.