From lexical to referential gender: An analysis of gender change in medieval English based on two historical documents

Folia Linguistica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-534

  Siemund, Peter ^a   Dolberg, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender change; Lexical gender; Middle English; Old English; Referential gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054890775     PISSN: 01654004     EISSN: 16147308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/flin.2011.018     Document Type: Article

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