| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
The expression of cognitive categories ; 6
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Expression of cognitive categories ; 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Gender and its relation to sex : the myth of 'natural gender' / Sally McConnell-Ginet -- Gender determined dialect variation / Michael Dunn -- Ladies and gentlemen : word order and gender in English / Peter Hegarty -- Gender typology / Greville G. Corbett -- Gender and culture / Marianne Mithun -- Psycholinguistic approaches to the investigation of grammatical gender / Niels O. Schiller -- Plural as a value of Cushitic gender : evidence from gender congruency effect -- Experiments in Konso (Cushitic) / Mulugeta T. Tsegaye, Maarten Mous and Niels O. Schiller. |
| Summary |
Gender is a fascinating category, which has grown steadily in importance across the humanities and social sciences. The book centres on the core of the category within language. Each of the seven contributions provides an independent account of a key part of the topic, ranging from gender and sex, gender and culture, to typology, dialect variation and psycholinguistics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender. |
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Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Corbett, Greville G., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Expression of gender. 9783110306606 3110306603 (DLC) 2013044715 |
| ISBN |
9783110307337 (electronic book) |
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3110307332 (electronic book) |
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3110307340 (Cloth) |
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9783110307344 (Cloth) |
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3110354144 (Paper) |
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9783110354140 (Paper) |
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9781306462716 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306462711 (MyiLibrary) |
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9783110306606 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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3110306603 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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