Gender and Pronoun Usage in the 17th Century

When and how did a change from thou to you occur and was this change promoted by one gender rather than the other?


Dossier / Travail, 2009

29 Pages, Note: 1,0


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Table of contents

0. Introduction

1. Early Modern England
1.1. Demographical facts and social structure
1.2. Family Life
1.2. Education and literacy

2. Changes in the pronominal system in Early Modern English- when, how and who?
2.1. The history of thou and you
2.2. Implied meanings of pronoun usage and the importance of power, solidarity and politeness theory
2.3. Assumptions about gender differences in pronoun usage

3. Second person singular pronouns in Early Modern English private correspondence
3.1. Second person singular pronouns in women’s letters
3.2. Second person singular pronouns in men’s letters

4. Comparison of the findings and conclusion

5. Appendix

6. Bibliography

Fin de l'extrait de 29 pages

Résumé des informations

Titre
Gender and Pronoun Usage in the 17th Century
Sous-titre
When and how did a change from thou to you occur and was this change promoted by one gender rather than the other?
Université
University of Cologne  (Englisches Seminar)
Cours
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Note
1,0
Auteur
Année
2009
Pages
29
N° de catalogue
V194408
ISBN (ebook)
9783656198567
ISBN (Livre)
9783656199410
Taille d'un fichier
425 KB
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
gender, pronoun, usage, century, when
Citation du texte
Lea-Marie Pasemann (Auteur), 2009, Gender and Pronoun Usage in the 17th Century, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/194408

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