The introduction to this volume by Anders Holmberg provides a reflection on movement in the light of recent developments in Minimalist theory. His discussion of the theories of category versus feature movement in terms of displacement and copying, provides the background for 12 …
The logic of pronominal resumption
by Asudeh, Ash
fromOxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
The logic of pronominal resumption
by Asudeh, Ash
fromOxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
This text examines a broad corpus of written texts in English and French, concentrating on those texts which problemise the traditional functioning of the linguistic gender system.
Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic "he," has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the last 30 years, and is certainly the most contested political issue in Western feminist linguistics. Most accounts do not extend bey…
Most of the world's languages have indefinite pronouns, that is - expressions such as someone, anything, and nowhere. Martin Haspelmath presents the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world, mapping out the range of…
