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- Title
SEMANTICS OF GENDER MARKED NOMINATIONS OF PERSON IN ENGLISH.
- Authors
SCHMIDTOVÁ, MARIANA
- Abstract
The English language is a member of the Indo-European family of languages which had also influenced its grammar. The language is a complex system that was developing for long centuries and this development is still in progress. The development of English was influenced by some other languages, their grammar and vocabulary. Not only other languages and their impact on English had caused the development of gender marked nominations of person but also the changing society. Most of the world countries, not only English speaking, are based on principles of patriarchal society. Therefore, the majority of gender marked nominations of person is of male gender, however, feminism has contributed to development of new nominations of person in such sphere as profession or occupation. The research is based on the semantics of the sample of 660 gender marked nominations of person and their categorization into twelve semantic groups.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language education in universities &; colleges; GRAMMAR; SEMANTICS (Philosophy); VOCABULARY; FEMINISM; GERMAN language education; GENDER; EDUCATION; HIGHER education
- Publication
Ad Alta: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 2, p62
- ISSN
1804-7890
- Publication type
Article