The Loss Of Grammatical Gender In The History Of English
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The Loss Of Grammatical Gender In The History Of English
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Author : Snejana Iovtcheva
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-12-13
The Loss Of Grammatical Gender In The History Of English written by Snejana Iovtcheva and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-13 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: A, Syracuse University (USA) (USA: Syracuse University), language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes the question of how and why grammatical gender got lost in English. In order to do so, it reviews the recent literature on gender shifts in Old English and Middle English. The paper identifies several theoretical explanations based on both diachronic studies of English and general theoretical studies of gender. More concretely, the paper discusses the work of Greville Corbett (1991) on gender, Anne Curzan’s (2003) analysis on gender shifts in the history of English, and Charles Jones’s (1988) assumption of a possible paradigm shift in Old English. At the same time, older studies are given as an example for why certain premises did not work in the past. The paper first coments the relationship of English within the language families, provides a linguistic definition of grammatical gender, and describes major properties of the Modern English gender systems as well as those of the Old English gender system. It looks at the morphological and syntactic changes that triggered a shift in the English gender system. It is argued that not only external changes but also an underlying paradigm shift induced the demise of grammatical gender in Old English. In addition, the role of the personal pronouns is analyzed. According to Curzan (2003) and Corbett (1991) the role of the personal pronouns may prove to be the key in explaining the shift in the gender system.
Gender Shifts In The History Of English
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Author : Anne Curzan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-04-24
Gender Shifts In The History Of English written by Anne Curzan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, 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' (such as she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (such as generic he) in Modern English, and how is the language continuing to evolve in these respects? Anne Curzan's accessibly written and carefully researched study is based on extensive corpus data, and will make a major contribution by providing a historical perspective on these often controversial questions. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history of English, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language and gender, and medieval studies.
Grammatical Gender In English
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Author : Charles Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-03
Grammatical Gender In English written by Charles Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
First published in 1988, this book explores the grammatical loss of gender in English. It demonstrates that from the end of the Old English period, there was a considerable time period, of about three hundred years, during which there existed "echoes" of the gender classification of nouns. The study records the best known conclusions concerning the behaviour of anaphoric pronouns under grammatical gender "stress" in the late Old English and Middle English periods. It focuses on a discussion of attributive word morphology in the noun phrase.
Grammatical Gender And Linguistic Complexity Ii
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Author : Francesca Di Garbo
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
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Grammatical Gender And Linguistic Complexity Ii written by Francesca Di Garbo and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The many facets of grammatical gender remain one of the most fruitful areas of linguistic research, and pose fascinating questions about the origins and development of complexity in language. The present work is a two-volume collection of 13 chapters on the topic of grammatical gender seen through the prism of linguistic complexity. The contributions discuss what counts as complex and/or simple in grammatical gender systems, whether the distribution of gender systems across the world’s languages relates to the language ecology and social history of speech communities. Contributors demonstrate how the complexity of gender systems can be studied synchronically, both in individual languages and over large cross-linguistic samples, and diachronically, by exploring how gender systems change over time. Volume two consists of three chapters providing diachronic and typological case studies, followed by a final chapter discussing old and new theoretical and empirical challenges in the study of the dynamics of gender complexity. This volume is preceded by volume one, which, in addition to three chapters on the theoretical foundations of gender complexity, contains six chapters on grammatical gender and complexity in individual languages and language families of Africa, New Guinea, and South Asia.
Unhistorical Gender Assignment In Layamon S Brut
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Author : Seiji Shinkawa
language : en
Publisher: Linguistic Insights
Release Date : 2012
Unhistorical Gender Assignment In Layamon S Brut written by Seiji Shinkawa and has been published by Linguistic Insights this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with English language categories.
Thesis (doctoral)-- Sophia University, 2011.
The Gender Of Death
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Author : Karl Siegfried Guthke
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999
The Gender Of Death written by Karl Siegfried Guthke and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Art categories.
An illustrated historical study of gendered personifications of death in Western art, literature, and culture.
The Ayenbite Of Inwyt Written In The Dialect Of The County Of Kent
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Author : Laurent (Dominican)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
The Ayenbite Of Inwyt Written In The Dialect Of The County Of Kent written by Laurent (Dominican) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with Conscience categories.
A History Of English Rle English Language
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Author : Barbara M. H. Strang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-26
A History Of English Rle English Language written by Barbara M. H. Strang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A History of English, first published in 1970, is a book for beginners in linguistic history. This title examines the changes in English language speech and writing over a period of almost 2000 years, whilst also exploring more recent changes within the author’s living memory. This title aims to raise countless issues for enquiry and discussion, and its purpose is to serve as a springboard for language history learning rather than a textbook.
A History Of English
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Author : Míša Hejná
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2022-06-25
A History Of English written by Míša Hejná and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Where does today’s English language come from? This book takes its readers on a journey back in time, from present-day varieties to the Old English of Beowulf and beyond. Written for students with little or no background in linguistics, and reflecting the latest scholarship, it showcases the variation and change present throughout the history of English, and includes numerous exercises and sample texts for every period. The reverse-chronological approach taken by this book sets it apart from all existing textbooks of the last fifty years. Innovative features also include its focus on variation, multilingualism and language contact, its use of texts from outside the literary canon, and its inclusion of case studies from syntax, sociophonetics and historical pragmatics.
An Introduction To History Of English Language
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Author : Wedhowerti
language : en
Publisher: Sanata Dharma University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-28
An Introduction To History Of English Language written by Wedhowerti and has been published by Sanata Dharma University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-28 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book is concerned with history of English language started from a tribal dialect in England to the first language in North America. It talks about linguistic and literary developments that English undergoes. As a cosmopolitan language, English keeps developing by adding its vocabularies. It becomes an active borrowing language. As a colonial language, the spread of English goes along with the story of expansion and colonization of other regions. It then gives birth to World Englishes.