he representation of women in the DLE (RAE and ASALE): social repercussion of the academic ideology

Abstract

The representation of women in the academic dictionary has been and continues to be a constant theme in academic fórums with a feminist perspective (Aliaga Jiménez 2000, Calero Fernández 2002, Lledó Cunill, Calero Fernández and Forgas Berdet 2004, Lledó Cunill 2013). Both social networks and online petitions platforms have generated a new form of social debate that involves requesting changes to administrations, institutions and various entities. In this sense, the RAE has also been subject to various criticisms regarding the stereotyped, inveterate and/or obsolescent construction of women in the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (DLE) in its editions of 2001 and, above all, 2014, including updates of the version available on the network. The objective of this paper is, on the one hand, to assess the social repercussion of the academic dictionary, taking into account the claims of change made from within and outside the academic sphere and, on the other hand, to analyze the current state of the relationship between women and academic dictionary. from the perspective of critical lexicography. To achieve the first objective, journalistic articles will be analyzed in which different social agents request modifications to the RAE regarding the treatment of women. To achieve the second objective, a critical analysis of the twenty-third edition of the DLE and the electronic version 23.1 will be made in relation to the discursive construction of women. The analysis made shows that the social impact of the lexicographical decisions of the RAE is remarkable in regard to this topic and that, despite the patina of discursive adaptation to new contexts and sensitivities, the academic institution closes in itself and practices a policy of minimal changes fundamentallyaimed at the introduction of pragmatic brands.