British pronoun use, prescription, and processing: linguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he'
Auteur :
Paterson, L.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349461868
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study considers the use of they and he for generic reference in post-2000 written British English. The analysis is framed by a consideration of language-internal factors, such as syntactic agreement, and language-external factors, which include traditional grammatical prescriptivism and the language reforms resulting from second-wave feminism.