The linguistic representation of women and men: Gender across languages

Hellinger, Marlis; Bußmann, Hadumod

doi:10.1075/impact.11.05hel

In:Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 11] 2003
► pp. 1–25

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Gender across languages

The linguistic representation of women and men

Marlis Hellinger | University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Hadumod Bußmann | University of Munich, Germany

Published online: 10 April 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.05hel

1.Aims and scope of “Gender across languages”

2.Gender classes as a special case of noun classes

2.1Classifier languages

2.2Noun class languages

3.Categories of gender

3.1Grammatical gender

3.2Lexical gender

3.3Referential gender

3.4“False generics”: Generic masculines and male generics

3.5Social gender

4.Gender-related structures

4.1Word-formation

4.2Agreement

4.3Pronominalization

4.4Coordination

5.Gender-related messages

5.1Address terms

5.2Idiomatic expressions and proverbs

5.3Female and male discourse

6. Language change and language reform

7.Conclusion

Notes

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