Grammatical Gender in English 950 To 1250 |
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| Author:
| Jones, Charles |
| Series title: | Routledge Library Editions: the English Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-91948-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1988, this book explores the grammatical loss of gender in English. It demonstrates that from the end of the Old English period, there was a considerable time period, of about three hundred years, during which there existed "echoes" of the gender classification of nouns.
First published in 1988, this book explores the grammatical loss of gender in English. It demonstrates that from the end of the Old English period, there was a considerable time period, of about three hundred years, during which there existed "echoes" of the gender classification of nouns.