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Sexing the world : grammatical gender and biological sex in ancient Rome /

From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender-masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corbeill, Anthony, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]
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