British pronoun use, prescription, and processing : linguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he'

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British pronoun use, prescription, and processing : linguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he'

Laura Louise Paterson

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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British pronoun use, prescription, and processing : linguistic and social influences affecting "they" and "he"

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

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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Introduction 1. Exploring Epicene Pronouns in History 2. Epicenes in the Twenty-First Century 3. Epicenes and Social Movements 4. Prescriptions, Standards, and Epicenes 5. Accounting for Epicene Choice Conclusion Glossary

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