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

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

2014

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Publisher's 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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Book information

ISBN: 9781137332721
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2014
DEWEY: 425.55
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 368g
Height: 145mm
Width: 222mm
Spine width: 17mm