British Pronoun Use, Prescription, And Processing: Linguistic And Social Influences Affecting 'they' And 'He'

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.

• • Author: L. Paterson
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jul 25, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 202 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137332727
• • ISBN-13: 9781137332721