Gender shifts in the history of English /

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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 histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curzan, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Studies in English language.
Temas:
English language > Gender.
English language > Grammar, Historical.
Linguistic change.
Anglais (Langue) > Genre.
Anglais (Langue) > Grammaire historique.
Changement linguistique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
English language > Gender
English language > Grammar, Historical
Linguistic change
Genus
Sprachwandel
Geschichte
Genuswechsel
Englisch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Defining English gender; 2 The gender shift in histories of English; 3 A history of gender, people, and pronouns: the story of generic he; 4 Third-person pronouns in the gender shift: why is that ship a she?; 5 Gender and asymmetrical word histories: when boys could be girls; 6 Implications for nonsexist language reform; Appendix 1: Background on early English personal pronouns; Appendix 2: Helsinki Corpus texts and methodology; References; Index.

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