British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing
Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He'
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:25th Jul '14
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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.
"Laura Louise Paterson's book entitled British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing gives a very compelling, lucid and in-depth analysis of the term epicene pronoun, which is defined as a pronoun that does not convey gender or sex information, and is coindexed with a singular noun phrase referring to an animate being." - Masculinities Journal
ISBN: 9781137332721
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 386g
192 pages