Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://dspace.usarb.md:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1483
Title: | The use of gendered pronouns with animal referents in english [Articol] |
Authors: | Teterina, Marina |
Keywords: | gendered pronouns animal referent terms |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | USARB |
Citation: | Teterina, Marina.The use of gendered pronouns with animal referents in english / Marina Teterina // Limbaj şi context = Speech and Context : Rev. de lingvistică, semiotică şi şt. literară. - 2012. - Nr 2. - P. 48-56. |
Abstract: | Speakers and writers of English can choose whether to mark a high level of sentience in a nonhuman animal by selecting the human and gendered terms (he, she, who) rather than the inanimate and ungendered terms (it, which). This paper reports an investigation of the Anglo-American literature to explore the extent to which speakers and writers use gendered pronouns ‘he’ and ‘she’ where the antecedent is a nonhuman animal. We also attempt to identify pragmatic factors and metaphoric associations that trigger personalizing of animals in literature and everyday conversations. |
URI: | http://dspace.usarb.md:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1483 |
Appears in Collections: | Articole |
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License