Gender across languages : the linguistic representation of women and men / edited by Marlis Hellinger, Hadumod Bussmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hellinger, Marlis.

Bussmann, Hadumod.

Series:

Impact, studies in language and society ; 11.

Impact: studies in language and society ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Gender.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

1.Introduction 2.Grammatical gender and agreement 3.Personal nouns 3.1Nouns with lexical gender 3.2Gender-indefinite personal nouns 3.3Word-formation 3.3.1Compounding 3.3.2Derivation 4.Pronominalisation 4.1Grammatical agreement relations 4.2Semantic agreement relations 4.2.1Semantic agreement: Common vs. neuter gender 4.2.2Semantic agreement: Female vs. male pronouns 5.Other possibilities for gender-specific personal reference 6.Language change under the influence of the feminist movement 6.1Neutralisation 6.2Overt gender-specification 6.3Pronouns 6.4Adjectival modification 7.Public attitudes towards feminist language change in the 1990s 8.Conclusion Notes References.

Contents:

Gender Across Languages

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Languages of Volume I

Languages of Volume II

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Gender across languages

Czech: Communicating gender in Czech

Danish: Equal before the law - unequal in language

French: Gender in French

French: Gender and language politics in France

German: Engendering female visibility in German

Greek: Women, gender and Modern Greek

Japanese: Gendered structures in Japanese

Japanese: Women's language as a group identity marker in Japanese

Oriya: Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya

Polish: Language and gender in Polish

Serbian: The expression of gender in Serbian

Swahili: Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society

Swedish: Linguistic and public attitudes towards gender in Swedish

Notes on contributors

Name index

Subject index

The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161452

9781282161450

1282161458

9789027296818

9027296812

OCLC:

55641297