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Publication Date: 1989
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The Acquisition of Sex-Neutral Use of Masculine Forms in English and Spanish.
Gathercole, Virginia C.
Applied Psycholinguistics, v10 n4 p401-27 Dec 1989
Examines the acquisition of sex-neutral uses of masculine terms by English and Spanish speaking children and suggests that knowledge of the acquisition sex-neutral uses of gender markers may lead to insight into children's approaches to word meaning. The use of sex-neutral masculine terms and their impact on the status of women is also discussed. (55 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English, Females, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Tests, Monolingualism, Nouns, Pronouns, Sex Bias, Spanish
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