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Subject(s)

• Grammar, Comparative and general—Gender [Browse]

Editor

• Motschenbacher, Heiko [Browse]
• Hellinger, Marlis [Browse]

Series

• Impact, studies in language and society ; Volume 36. [More in this series]
• IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society ; Volume 36

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2015).

Language note

English

Contents

• Gender Across Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Languages of volume I, II and III; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; The linguistic representation of women and men: An overview; 1. Aims and scope of "Gender across languages"; 2. Gender classes as a special case of noun classes; 3. Categories of gender; 4. Gender-related structures; 5. Gender-related messages; 6. Language change and language reform; 7. Conclusion; Notes; References; Some new perspectives on gendered language structures; 1. Introduction
• 2. Structural gender linguistics - A marginalised field?3. Developments in structural gender linguistics; 4. Central insights from the languages of this volume; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Structural gender trouble in Croatian; 1. Introduction; 2. Categories of gender; 3. Gender-related structures; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 5. Language change and language reform; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Gender in a planned language: Esperanto; 1. Introduction; 2. Gender-related structures; 3. Language reform; 4. Gender in Esperanto proverbs; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References
• The representation of gender in Estonian1. Introduction; 2. Categories of gender; 3. Gender-related structures; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 5. Language change and language reform; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Probing the manifestations of gender in Ga; 1. Introduction; 2. Categories of gender in Ga; 3. Gendered structures; 4. Usage of personal nouns; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Gender in Swiss German; 1. Swiss German; 2. Categories of gender; 3. Gender-related structures; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 5. Language planning and non-sexist language; 6. Conclusion
• NotesReferences; Gender trouble in a grammatically genderless language: Hungarian; 1. Introduction ; 2. Categories of gender; 2.1 Lexical and referential gender; 2.2 Social gender ; 2.3 Male-specific and generic ember 'man' ; 3. Gender-related structures; 3.1 Compounding ; 3.2 Pronominalization ; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 4.1 Naming conventions and courtesy titles ; 4.2 Address terms ; 4.3 Idioms, proverbs and obscene expressions ; 5. Language change and language reform; 6. Conclusion; References; The linguistic representation and communication of gender in Igbo; 1. Introduction
• 2. Categories of gender3. Gender-related structures; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 5. Language change and reform; 6. Conclusion; Note; References; Gender in Kurdish: Structural and socio-cultural dimensions; 1. Introduction; 2. Categories of gender; 3. Gender-related structures; 4. Usage of personal reference forms; 5. Language change: Public discourse on gender in language; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; Gender in Oneida; 1. Introduction; 2. Person, number and gender prefixes on verbs and nouns; 3. Categories of gender in Oneida; 4. The feminine-zoic; 5. Conclusion; Notes
• References

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ISBN

90-272-6886-X

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