English. A corpus-based view of gender in British and American English

Romaine, Suzanne

doi:10.1075/impact.9.12rom

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. 153–175

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English. A corpus-based view of gender in British and American English

Suzanne Romaine | Merton College, University of Oxford, UK

Published online: 9 October 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.9.12rom

1.Introduction 2. English as pluricentric language 3. English as a gendered language 3.1 Titles and forms of address 3.2 Androcentric generics 3.3 Reforming English 3.4 Language reform in public and private discourse 4. Reforming discourse and rhetoric 5. Conclusions Notes References

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