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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 historical perspective on these controversial questions.
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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.
| ISBN / EAN | 9780521117265 |
|---|---|
| Auteur | Curzan, Anne (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) |
| Editeur | Cambridge University Press |