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DOI:10.1080/15532739.2016.1262127
Corpus ID: 151832254

@article{Bouman2017LanguageAT, title={Language and trans health}, author={Walter Pierre Bouman and Amets Suess Schwend and Joz Motmans and Adam Smiley and Joshua D. Safer and Madeline B. Deutsch and Noah Adams and Sam Winter}, journal={International Journal of Transgenderism}, year={2017}, volume={18}, pages={1 - 6}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:151832254}}

W. Bouman, A. S. Schwend, S. Winter
Published 2 January 2017
Linguistics
International Journal of Transgenderism

The use of appropriate language is a sensitive matter, because the meaning of words may be relative, situational, and language dependent. What is more, words inherently carry meaning that inevitably depends on underlying frames of reference. In this sense, language has a powerful performative power and impact. As a result, wordings, or word choices that are used without intent of harm (or even with the express desire to avoid it) may be experienced as harmful by listeners, who often bring their…

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