Gendered Language

Languages use different systems for classifying nouns. Gender languages assign many -- sometimes all -- nouns to distinct sex-based categories, masculine and feminine. Drawing on a broad range of historical and linguistic sources, this paper constr...

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Main Authors: Jakiela, Pamela, Ozier, Owen
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/405621528167411253/Gendered-language
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29893