Paternity as a lexical sign of new fatherhood in the light of male parental blogs (a linguistic and cultural reflection) Cover Image

„Tacierzyństwo” jako leksykalny wykładnik nowego ojcostwa w świetle męskich blogów rodzicielskich (refleksja lingwistyczno-kulturowa)
Paternity as a lexical sign of new fatherhood in the light of male parental blogs (a linguistic and cultural reflection)

Author(s): Dorota Suska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: father stereotype; stereotype redefinition; father’s blogs; paternity

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes father’s blogs that conceptualize parental attitudes which go beyond thepatriarchal stereotype. The lexical label of ‘new fatherhood’ in the internet discourse is the neologismpaternity. The performed (linguistic-cultural) analyses of selected blogs have shown the semanticscope of the neologism to, and also: its relations (in the cognitive plane) with the base stereotypeof the father. The attitude defined as paternity is caring and affectionate fatherhood, which is theresult of negating certain elements of the base stereotype (with its features, such as patriarchalism,authoritarianism) and their redefinition (relations with the child, educational methods). The dominantfeature of male parenthood as read out in blogs is emotionality – being alien to the base stereotypeof the father and the man, breaking the authoritarian.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 145-156
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish