British pronoun use, prescription, and processing [electronic resource] : linguistic and social influences affecting'They' and'He' / by Laura Louise Paterson.

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Paterson, Laura Louise [author.]

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Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014Description: 202 pages : online resourceContent type:

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9781137332738

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In: Springer eBooks In: Palgrave connect e-booksSummary: 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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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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British pronoun use, prescription, and processing [electronic resource] : linguistic and social influences affecting'They' and'He' / by Laura Louise Paterson.

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