Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
The following paper summarises the general results of a study that focuses on the complexities surrounding the use of gender-neutral pronouns in contemporary English. The corpus under scrutiny covers texts coming from journalistic and academic genres. The data were collected over a period of two...
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| Formato: | Working Paper |
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Universidad de Belgrano. Departamento de investigaciones. Documentos de Trabajo.Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2454 |
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| Sumario: | The following paper summarises the general results of a study that focuses on the complexities
surrounding the use of gender-neutral pronouns in contemporary English. The corpus under scrutiny
covers texts coming from journalistic and academic genres. The data were collected over a period of two
years from 2008 to 2010.
I would like to thank Mónia Benito, Natalia Gerrero, Marta Moitre and Gloria Sánchez for their participation
in the gathering and analysis of the data presented here. |
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