Talking about Myself: On the Question of Assertion and Reticence of Speakers’ Identity

Abstract

It becomes increasingly noticeable in the modern society how people not fitting the categories of male and female are forced to choose between the two and have to go beyond the framework of the generally accepted model questioning the worldview of the society they exist in. Taking into account how closely connected this view is with the linguistic instruments providing its reproduction, it is difficult and sometimes impossible for them to find the right words, which sometimes stay on the level of newspeak for a long time, to declare their identity depending on the linguo-cultural environment. But even if the language allows to escape the pressure of the framework set, will it always be the choice made in one’s own favor?