Generic pronouns in english rules vs. ideologies
Engelhardt, Maike
Generic pronouns in english rules vs. ideologies - Valencia Universitat de ValènciaGeneralitat Valenciana. Conselleria de Benestar Social 2003 - p. 160-171 - Género, lenguaje y traducción : actas del Primer Seminario Internacional sobre Género y Lenguaje (El género de la traducción-la traducción del género) : Valencia 16-18 octubre 2002 1 .
Inc. ref.
Every act of speech that refers to the action of another human being, without stating the proper name or a full reference for the agent, requires pronouns. If the gender of the agent is concealed in any way, the applied pronouns should be generic and all-inclusive including male, female and neutral participants in the action. Pronouns, as words which specify the noun, have to be detailed enough to give a sufficient reference to the agent of the action, but they must also be general enough as to leave room for some interpretation. Ideally, a generic pronoun does not hold a gendered connotation in itself. It should be the unmarked pronoun, equalitarian in its meaning and all-inclusive in its connotation. Gender in most languages is expressed mainy through inflectional affixes on nouns, changes of articles and agreement of other parts of speech. In gendered languages such as German aand French, gender categories for nouns - femenine, masculine and neuter- are only loosely connected to the real world, unless, of course, the reference is in fact human or animal. The arbitratiness may cause some frustration in the language learner, but translating grammatical genderas masculine=male, femenine=female and neuter=sexless should logically be avoided.
84-370-5730-2
GENERO
GENEROS GRAMATICALES
INGLÉS
LENGUA
PRONOMBRES
TRADUCCIÓN
81'25:141.72=134.2=111 S59
Generic pronouns in english rules vs. ideologies - Valencia Universitat de ValènciaGeneralitat Valenciana. Conselleria de Benestar Social 2003 - p. 160-171 - Género, lenguaje y traducción : actas del Primer Seminario Internacional sobre Género y Lenguaje (El género de la traducción-la traducción del género) : Valencia 16-18 octubre 2002 1 .
Inc. ref.
Every act of speech that refers to the action of another human being, without stating the proper name or a full reference for the agent, requires pronouns. If the gender of the agent is concealed in any way, the applied pronouns should be generic and all-inclusive including male, female and neutral participants in the action. Pronouns, as words which specify the noun, have to be detailed enough to give a sufficient reference to the agent of the action, but they must also be general enough as to leave room for some interpretation. Ideally, a generic pronoun does not hold a gendered connotation in itself. It should be the unmarked pronoun, equalitarian in its meaning and all-inclusive in its connotation. Gender in most languages is expressed mainy through inflectional affixes on nouns, changes of articles and agreement of other parts of speech. In gendered languages such as German aand French, gender categories for nouns - femenine, masculine and neuter- are only loosely connected to the real world, unless, of course, the reference is in fact human or animal. The arbitratiness may cause some frustration in the language learner, but translating grammatical genderas masculine=male, femenine=female and neuter=sexless should logically be avoided.
84-370-5730-2
GENERO
GENEROS GRAMATICALES
INGLÉS
LENGUA
PRONOMBRES
TRADUCCIÓN
81'25:141.72=134.2=111 S59