English. Gender in a global language

Hellinger, Marlis

doi:10.1075/impact.9.09hel

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 9] 2001
► pp. 105–112

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English. Gender in a global language

Marlis Hellinger | University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Published online: 9 October 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.9.09hel

1.Introduction 2. Gender in English 2.1. Grammatical gender 2.2. Lexical and social gender 3. Semantic derogation 4. Reforming English 5. Varieties of English represented in “Gender across languages” Notes References

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