Feminine nouns in the present-day English and Ukrainian: some aspects of gender-fair language translators should be aware of

Abstract

The paper explores the use of feminine nouns in the present-day English and Ukrainian to consider the following questions: what tendencies are under way in the both languages; how much GFL innovations are normalized (fixed in dictionaries); what is the public perception of these changes. The author also tries to make some observations concerning the correlation between GFL-related innovations in the language and the real status of women in Ukraine’s society.