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British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing: Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He' L. Paterson
British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing: Linguistic and Social Influences Affecting 'They' and 'He'
L. Paterson
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.
202 pages, 26 black & white tables, 15 figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 25, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137332721 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 222 × 145 × 17 mm · 408 g |