« In a world where the word ‘gender’ has undergone an explosion of meaning originating in a proliferation of new pronouns, Lori Morris’ study of grammatical gender in English constitutes a much-needed reminder to linguists of the necessity of distinguishing between linguistically signified meaning and reference. » -Patrick Duffley ©Electre 2024
This study provides an extensive database for future research on gender and a detailed discussion of the expressive effects produced by means of this grammatical category. By drawing a clear line between the denotatum and the designatum and viewing gender as part of the solution to the problem of giving linguistic representation to a mental construal of a spatial nature, this study avoids one of the recurrent stumbling blocks which has hindered research – the temptation to define a grammatical category using biological parameters. The evidence presented shows that gender is not a representation of the presence or absence of sex, human traits, or even personality, but rather the sign of a more abstract mental operation, that which consists in defining the contained space, the form which is implied by any notional content construed in the nominal domain.
Paru le : 01/02/2022
Thématique : Adultes méthodes grand public
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Lori Morris Directeur de publication : Patrick J. Duffley
Éditeur(s) :
Presses De L'Université Laval
Collection(s) : Cahiers de psychomécanique du langage
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-7637-5655-4
EAN13 : 9782763756554
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 314
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 15.0 cm
Poids: 0 g
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