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University Speaking for Everyone: Assessing Changes in Italian Higher Education Statutes toward Gender-Inclusive Language

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We examine the editorial evolution of Italian university statutes toward inclusive language, analyzing how institutions represent female and non-binary identities and how these representations affect administrative communication. To this end, we compile and annotate a corpus of university statutes, tracing the changes that have led some universities to move from the use of the generic masculine to more inclusive formulations. We also experiment with tools for the automatic detection of non-inclusive language in institutional communication and methods for the automatic rewriting of texts into inclusive language.

Source: Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)

DOI: 10.63317/3nhtc8w4hd4i

Authors: Sebastiano Vecellio Salto, Camilla Casula, Alessio Palmero Aprosio, Sara Tonelli

Language: English

Topic: Gender Studies in Language

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funder: Provincia Autonoma di Trento

OpenAlex ID: W7160023910