Our Otherness

"Our Otherness" explores the interface between Finno-Ugrian Studies - traditional research into the Finno-Ugric languages, their history and relatedness, as well as other approaches to the language, history, culture, and folklore of these peoples - and Women`s Studies. How do gender and linguistic origins interact in the making of national identity? Can we speak about a "gendered Finno-Ugrianness"? How does gender express itself in languages lacking grammatical gender, and how are these questions dealt with in language description and language planning?

Johanna Laakso ist Professorin f³r Finnougristik an der Universitõt Wien. ( Zu ihren Forschungsinteressen geh÷ren historische Sprachwissenschaft, Wortbildung, Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung und Kontaktlinguistik sowie Genderlinguistik.)