Leute, lasst es knacken. Eine Replik auf Peter Eisenbergs Artikel „Unter dem Muff von hundert Jahren“
Michael Wagner
September 2021
 

This is a reply to an article by Peter Eisenberg („Unter dem Muff von hundert Jahren“), which appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung on January 8 2021. In the article, Eisenberg argues that the German ‚gender gap‘ is meaningless, and that its pronunciation with a glottal stop violates basic principles of German grammar. The reply argues that contrary to Eisenberg's claims, the gender gap is in fact in tune with German grammar, and that its pronunciation, including the likely occurrance of a glottal stop, is a natural consequence of its underlying grammar. The title of the reply (‚Leute lasst es knacken‘) is colloquial, and roughly means ‚Get cracking.‘ But it evokes other meanings: The glottal stop, which plays a role in the article, is called ‚crack-sound‘ („Knacklaut“) in German. ‚Lass es knacken‘ could be understood as an encouragment to use a gender gap along with a glottal stop. But it can also be understood as an encouragement to allow others to do so. The reply is written in the style of a newspaper article, and does not contain footnotes etc., as they would be expected if this was a contribution to an academic journal. I have recently presented the research mentioned in the article that shows evidence for the proposed coordination analysis of the gender gap at a Psycholinguistics conference (AMLaP Paris, September 2021).
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