Gender shifts in the history of English /
How did grammatical gender in English get replaced by a system dependent on natural gender? How is this related to 'irregular agreement' (she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (generic he) in Modern English? This study, based on extensive corpus data, offers an important histo...
| Основен автор: | Curzan, Anne. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Studies in English language.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120295 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Gender shifts in the history of English. |
| Резюме: |
How did grammatical gender in English get replaced by a system dependent on natural gender? How is this related to 'irregular agreement' (she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (generic he) in Modern English? This study, based on extensive corpus data, offers an important historical perspective on these controversial questions. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-217) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511061684 9780511061684 0511070144 9780511070143 9780521820073 0521820073 9780511486913 051148691X |