Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society

• Main Authors: Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani,, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin,, Bahiyah Abd Hamid,, Yuen, Chee Keong, Zarina Othman,, Azhar Jaludin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/; http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html

This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping...