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In his speech at the opening of legislative sessions, Alberto Fernández spoke of 'subjects and subjects': a license in the language that did not come out well

2021-03-02T01:13:26.136Z


Alicia Zorrilla, president of the Argentine Academy of Letters and linguist, analyzes the incorrect use of the word 'subject' by the President.


Alicia zorrilla

03/01/2021 21:43

  • Clarín.com

  • Culture

Updated 03/01/2021 21:43

Referring to the lessons learned from the pandemic, in his speech at the opening of legislative sessions Alberto Fernández said: "It forces us to value what is common, what is shared, to know that we all inhabit the same house. That

we are all subjects and subject

to solidarity, caring for the other and the other ".

"Subject" is an adjective.

One can say "the bag is attached to such a place."

But "subject" is only a masculine noun, to indicate the person whose name is ignored or not meant.

Since the issue of inclusive language is in the limelight, they want to look good with women.

But when I say "subject", I don't know if they look so good, because when they call me "subject" I think of the adjective, the meaning of the adjective and then it is not so good.

The academy says that "subject" is a masculine noun and "subject", an adjective.

I don't think there are women in favor of the noun "subject": he

wanted to make a noun that seems to be from the 19th century, when the woman was really subject in the home.

I think women should be up in arms with that way of calling them.

In addition, it has not spread in the Hispanic world and here is the key, the use of "subject", as a person whose name is ignored or is not meant, does not exist, it cannot be incorporated into the dictionary of the language, because it means that this false feminine is not accepted by the cultured language of all Spanish America and there are many Spanish-speaking academies and peoples.

For it to enter the dictionary, there must be a massive diffusion of the word.

The same happens with “belga”, a gentilicio adjective, corresponding to someone born in Belgium.

The noun is "the Belgian" or "the Belgian" and not "the Belgian".

The dictionary is in charge of clarifying it, it is masculine and feminine, as a noun and as an adjective.

You have to be careful,

you can't revolutionize the language because of a socio-political issue.

Our language is ancient and very rich, children and adolescents are listening to us, we have to be models, examples and if we are saying anything when it does not exist, what happens next?

Like a Spanish legislator who wanted to impose "the member", it did not bear fruit, because everyone laughed.

It is "the member" or "the member", the female gender is given with the article.

This does not happen with "subject", because "subject" was not disseminated.

And I don't think it will start to spread, because we are 23 Spanish-speaking academies and it has not been presented until now as a research topic.

This is the first time I hear "subject."

You have to take care of the language, it is so important to have a linguistic culture, to speak clearly, with measure, so that others can learn, because we are all teachers of others.

A language change is not that easy, it can last a hundred years.

Now, no wonder.

I say that in this 21st century, so linked to women and the defense of their rights, it draws my attention, leaving this aside, that feminine nouns become masculine or are joined to adjectives that try to masculinize them, for example, on radio and television, there are continuous expressions such as "that first punch", "the first computer", "the first feminist", "the first dose", and both "punch", and "computer", "feminist" and “dose” are feminine nouns, therefore the ordinal adjective has to be “first”.

This "primer" is a use that appeared in classical Spanish, but is now considered archaic.

* Alicia Zorrilla is president of the Argentine Academy of Letters and a linguist specialized in the regulations of the Spanish language, as well as a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Letters.

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