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Gender across languages

The linguistic representation of women and men
  • Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
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Gender Across Languages
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Abstract

1. Aims and scope of “Gender across languages” 2. Gender classes as a special case of noun classes 2.1 Classifier languages 2.2 Noun class languages 3. Categories of gender 3.1 Grammatical gender 3.2 Lexical gender 3.3 Referential gender 3.4 “False generics”: Generic masculines and male generics 3.5 Social gender 4. Gender-related structures 4.1 Word-formation 4.2 Agreement 4.3 Pronominalization 4.4 Coordination 5. Gender-related messages 5.1 Address terms 5.2 Idiomatic expressions and proverbs 5.3 Female and male discourse 6. Language change and language reform 7. Conclusion Notes References

Abstract

1. Aims and scope of “Gender across languages” 2. Gender classes as a special case of noun classes 2.1 Classifier languages 2.2 Noun class languages 3. Categories of gender 3.1 Grammatical gender 3.2 Lexical gender 3.3 Referential gender 3.4 “False generics”: Generic masculines and male generics 3.5 Social gender 4. Gender-related structures 4.1 Word-formation 4.2 Agreement 4.3 Pronominalization 4.4 Coordination 5. Gender-related messages 5.1 Address terms 5.2 Idiomatic expressions and proverbs 5.3 Female and male discourse 6. Language change and language reform 7. Conclusion Notes References

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Languages of Volume II and III vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Acknowledgments xi
  6. List of abbreviations xiii
  7. Gender across languages 1
  8. Arabic. Shifting sands 27
  9. Belizean Creole. Gender, creole, and the role of women in language change 53
  10. Eastern Maroon Creole. Communicating gender in the Eastern Maroon Creole of Suriname 85
  11. English. Gender in a global language 105
  12. English. A corpus-based view of gender in New Zealand 115
  13. English. Spreading the feminist word 137
  14. English. A corpus-based view of gender in British and American English 153
  15. Hebrew. Gender switch in Modern Hebrew 177
  16. Indonesian. Gender in Javanese Indonesian 199
  17. Romanian. Deconstructing gender — The case of Romanian 229
  18. Russian. Doing gender in Russian 253
  19. Turkish. The communication of gender in Turkish 283
  20. Notes on contributors 311
  21. Name index 317
  22. Subject index 323
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.9.05hel

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Languages of Volume II and III vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Acknowledgments xi
  6. List of abbreviations xiii
  7. Gender across languages 1
  8. Arabic. Shifting sands 27
  9. Belizean Creole. Gender, creole, and the role of women in language change 53
  10. Eastern Maroon Creole. Communicating gender in the Eastern Maroon Creole of Suriname 85
  11. English. Gender in a global language 105
  12. English. A corpus-based view of gender in New Zealand 115
  13. English. Spreading the feminist word 137
  14. English. A corpus-based view of gender in British and American English 153
  15. Hebrew. Gender switch in Modern Hebrew 177
  16. Indonesian. Gender in Javanese Indonesian 199
  17. Romanian. Deconstructing gender — The case of Romanian 229
  18. Russian. Doing gender in Russian 253
  19. Turkish. The communication of gender in Turkish 283
  20. Notes on contributors 311
  21. Name index 317
  22. Subject index 323
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