Personal Pronouns in Present-Day English

Name: Personal Pronouns in Present-Day English
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ISBN: 9780521471022

ISBN-10: 0521471028

ISBN-13: 9780521471022

Edition: 1996

Authors: Katie Wales, Bas Aarts, John Algeo, Susan Fitzmaurice, Richard Hogg

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Katie Wales analysis of modern pronoun usage derives from the Survey of English Corpus and the International Corpus of English that looks at current trends. Some examples cited are "He" being generic or "Between you and I", and the problem of case.

Book details

List price: $146.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

BAS AARTS is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK. He has published widely in the field and is one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics .




Personal pronouns: definitions and descriptions



Pronouns, anaphora and discourse



You and me, them and us: the politics of pronouns



Between you and I: problems of case



No one's sexist, are they? The problem of 'generic he'



English as she is spoken: pronouns and personification



Possessives and reflexives: current trends


Conclusion