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Gender Shifts in the History of English

Gender Shifts in the History of English

Curzan, Anne

Hardcover

Series: Studies in English Language

Grammar & StyleLinguisticsGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 0521820073
ISBN13: 9780521820073
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 24 2003
Pages: 236
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding the continuing evolution of gender definition. How and why did grammatical gender 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 (she for ships) and sexist language use (generic he) in Modern English? Finally, how is the language continuing to evolve 0n these respects?

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