Gender shifts in the history of English / Anne Curzan.
"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 "ir...
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| Access Note: | Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Studies in English language.
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Main Collection
| Call Number: |
PE1211 .C87 2003 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |