British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing: Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He' - Couverture rigide

Paterson, L.

 
9781137332721: British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing: Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He'

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laura Louise Paterson is a Teaching Fellow in English Language at The University of Leeds, UK. Her previous works include a diachronic study of generic he and singular they and an analysis of the English Language element of the UK National Curriculum. Her forthcoming publications focus on children's pronouns and online sociolinguistic networks.

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9781349461868: British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing: Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He'

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1349461865 ISBN 13 :  9781349461868
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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