Gender Shifts in the History of English (häftad)
Format
E-bok
Filformat
PDF med LCP-kryptering (0.0 MB)
Om LCP-kryptering
PDF-böcker lämpar sig inte för läsning på små skärmar, t ex mobiler.
Nedladdning
Kan laddas ned under 24 månader, dock max 6 gånger.
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2003-04-24
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780511055355

Gender Shifts in the History of English E-bok

E-bok (PDF, LCP),  Engelska, 2003-04-24
660
Läs i Bokus Reader för iOS och Android
Finns även som
Visa alla 2 format & utgåvor
How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to 'irregular agreement' (such as she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (such as generic he) in Modern English, and how is the language continuing to evolve in these respects? Anne Curzan's accessibly written and carefully researched study is based on extensive corpus data, and will make a major contribution by providing a historical perspective on these often controversial questions. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history of English, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language and gender, and medieval studies.
Visa hela texten

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Anne Curzan