Gender shifts in the history of english
Auteur :
Curzan, Anne
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521820073
Date de publication :
24 avr. 2003
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.