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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Autor principal: Parini, Alejandro
Formato: Working Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 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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topic epicene pronoun
linguistic context
academic writing
  contexto lingüístico
escritura académica
pronombre epicene
spellingShingle epicene pronoun
linguistic context
academic writing
  contexto lingüístico
escritura académica
pronombre epicene
Parini, Alejandro
Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
topic_facet epicene pronoun
linguistic context
academic writing
  contexto lingüístico
escritura académica
pronombre epicene
description 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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title Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
title_short Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
title_full Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
title_fullStr Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
title_full_unstemmed Epicene pronominal forms in written English: variation across genres
title_sort epicene pronominal forms in written english: variation across genres
publisher Universidad de Belgrano. Departamento de investigaciones. Documentos de Trabajo.Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros
publishDate 2014
url http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2454
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