A CORPUS-BASED DIACHRONIC STUDY OF EPICENE PRONOUNS IN ENGLISH: A CASE OF ANAPHORA TO COMPOUND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
From old English to modern English, the gender category has shifted from a grammatical system to a natural one, with only pronouns retaining gender marking. He and they used as epicene pronouns represent a common phenomenon of gender disagreement. This study examines epicene pronoun usage with anaphors restricted to po...