Name your favorite musician - Effects of masculine generics and of their alternatives in German

Authors
Stahlberg, D Sczesny, S Braun, F
Citation
D. Stahlberg et al., Name your favorite musician - Effects of masculine generics and of their alternatives in German, J LANG SOC, 20(4), 2001, pp. 464-469
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0261927X → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
464 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0261-927X(200112)20:4<464:NYFM-E>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This article reports on two experiments with native speakers of German that were conducted to determine the influence of different types of German gen erics on the cognitive inclusion of women. The results of these studies sho w that masculine versus other types of generics influence the retrieval of male and female exemplars from memory. This is the first piece of empirical evidence for this kind of effect with regard to the German language.