Gender Shifts in the History of English

Anne Curzan

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Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding the continuing evolution of gender definition. How and why did grammatical gender gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to "irregular agreement" (she for ships) and "sexist" language use (generic he) in Modern English? Finally, how is the language continuing to evolve 0n these respects?

Book Details

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: Jul 30th, 2009
Pages: 236
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.54in - 0.77lb
EAN: 9780521117265
Categories: • Linguistics - Sociolinguistics• Gender Studies• Grammar & Punctuation

About the Author

Curzan, Anne: - Anne Curzan is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Michigan. She has written extensively on the history of English, lexicography, and pedagogy, and is co-author of First Day to Final Grade: A Graduate Student's Guide to Teaching (2000). Professor Curzan is also co-editor of the Journal of English Linguistics.

Praise for this book

"Those who pick this book up expecting a dry study of inflection ... will be delighted to find the Curzan has made linguistic research both accessible and relevant.... This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of English, sociolinguistics, or language and gender. Essential." Choice