How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where th

« In a world where the word ‘gender’ has undergone an explosion of meaning originating in a proliferation of new pronouns, Lori Morris’ study of grammati

Analyses the construction of gender through bodily elements and clothing in early modern England.

First published in 1988, this book explores the grammatical loss of gender in English. It demonstrates that from the end of the Old English period, there was a

The Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages with relative