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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	British pronoun use, prescription, and processing/ Laura Paterson.
Reminder of title:	linguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he' /
Author:	Paterson, Laura.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2014.,
Description:	202 p. :15 figures, 26. :
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	English language - Pronoun. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137332735 (electronic bk.) :

British pronoun use, prescription, and processing = linguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he' /
Paterson, Laura.

British pronoun use, prescription, and processinglinguistic and social influences affecting 'they' and 'he' /[electronic resource] :Laura Paterson. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2014. - 202 p. :15 figures, 26.

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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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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.If you don't know whether the tailor or the butcher is a man or a woman which pronoun would you use to refer to them? Traditionally your choice would have been restricted to he. Yet there is something that seems a bit strange using a masculine form to refer to people of either sex. Alternatively, you might choose to use they, but then you may feel the wrath of the grammar sticklers. The present study considers the use of they and he for generic reference in post-2000 written British English. The analysis is framed within a consideration of language-internal factors, such as grammatical agreement, and language-external factors, including the rejection of generic masculines based on gender politics. Throughout the book it is clear that, despite any objections to its apparent singularity, they is the pronoun of choice when referring to a generic antecedent. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students of the history of English as well as language and gender courses.

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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.

ISBN: 1137332735 (electronic bk.) :£60.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

1008844
English language
--Pronoun.

LC Class. No.: PE1721 / .P38 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 425.55

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