De lo “ridículo” e “inútil” a lo “importante” y “necesario” : La inclusión discursiva desde una mirada transdisciplinar

Abstract

Inclusive discourse has become a remarkable and controversial topic in recent decades. There are more and more panel discussions, academic articles, and publications on social networks and mass media about this subject; however, the debate has generally taken place in separate contexts: linguistics on the one hand and gender studies on the other. This has generated a partial overview and has delayed the scientific study of the phenomenon. In this document we offer an interdisciplinary dialogue about some aspects that we consider relevant to understanding the topic: the link between discourse and reality, social change, discrimination, linguistic change, and the effects generated by unilateral discussion. For this effect, we first start from the idea that language is not a neutral system, but a social instrument in the service of identity and ideological processes; second, in addition to transdisciplinary theoretical notions, we used information extracted from the review of several style guides for the use of inclusive discourse, as well as opinions from people that belong to the LGBTTTIQ+ community and people who do not, who participated in a indirect survey in two different focal groups.