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IJLLL 2022 Vol.8(2): 89-99 ISSN: 2382-6282
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.2.328
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.2.328
On J. K. Rowling's Discourse on Transsexual Issues, An Analysis of the Language Used on Rowling's Twitter and the Sociolinguistic Implication of Hate Speech
Amerigo Quatrini
Abstract—2019 Maya Forstater against transgender women
rights have left the online community shocked, especially when
renowned author J. K. Rowling have shown support for the case.
In this paper it will be analyzed how author J. K. Rowling’s
opinions on the matter have caused a social uprising against the
very author, who has been loved for over two decades by
millions. Her words will be analyzed to find out what she has
really meant and what the public has understood. The main
purpose of this analysis is to understand whether Rowling has
or has not a position of power over her followers and whether
her words have an influence in the fight for LGTB+ rights. In
the present study the topics of social injustice and word
formation related to such phenomenon are also discussed and
analyzed. The paper analyzes how public opinions can lead to
linguistic neologisms and how such words are used in the
everyday language, explaining how these linguistic creations not
only enrich our lexicon but also contribute to fight social
injustice. Finally, regarding the structure of this study, the
present paper is subdivided in three main sections: section one
covers the events of late 2019, from the very first vocal tweet to
the uprising of the web; section two covers the events of 2020
leading to the most recent controversies; and lastly section three,
which will cover the linguistics features of the language used in
the midst of the controversies. In this paper the social
phenomenon of publicly voicing opinions is analyzed to
investigate on language evolution.
Index Terms—J. K. Rowling, transsexual, LGBT, language and power, CDA.
Amerigo Quatrini is with Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444 China (e-mail: amerigoquatrini@shu.edu.cn).
Index Terms—J. K. Rowling, transsexual, LGBT, language and power, CDA.
Amerigo Quatrini is with Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444 China (e-mail: amerigoquatrini@shu.edu.cn).
Cite:Amerigo Quatrini, "On J. K. Rowling's Discourse on Transsexual Issues, An Analysis of the Language Used on Rowling's Twitter and the Sociolinguistic Implication of Hate Speech," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 89-99, 2022.