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1 online resource (1 volume). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Impact, studies in language and society,
1385-7908 ;
v. 9-<11>
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Impact, studies in language and society ; 9-<11>.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
This is the third of a three-volume comprehensive reference work on "Gender across Languages", which provides systematic descriptions of various categories of gender (grammatical, lexical, referential, social) in 30 languages of diverse genetic, typological and socio-cultural backgrounds. Among the issues discussed for each language are the following: What are the structural properties of the language that have an impact on the relations between language and gender? What are the consequences for areas such as agreement, pronominalisation and word-formation? How is specification of and abstract. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Languages of Volume I -- Languages of Volume II -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Gender across languages -- Czech: Communicating gender in Czech -- Danish: Equal before the law 8211; unequal in language -- French: Gender in French -- French: Gender and language politics in France -- German: Engendering female visibility in German -- Greek: Women, gender and Modern Greek -- Japanese: Gendered structures in Japanese -- Japanese: Women8217;s language as a group identity marker in Japanese -- Oriya: Linguistic and socio-cultural implications of gendered structures in Oriya -- Polish: Language and gender in Polish -- Serbian: The expression of gender in Serbian -- Swahili: Perceptions of gender in Swahili language and society -- Swedish: Linguistic and public attitudes towards gender in Swedish -- Notes on contributors -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Some texts are in various languages. |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hellinger, Marlis.
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Bussmann, Hadumod.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender across languages. Volume 3. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003 9027218447 9789027218445 (DLC) 2001037888 (OCoLC)47270450 |
| ISBN |
9789027296818 (electronic book) |
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9027296812 (electronic book) |
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1282161458 |
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9781282161450 |
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