Linguistic representations of women in Old English prose : a corpus-based phraseological study /
Cichosz, Anna,
Linguistic representations of women in Old English prose : a corpus-based phraseological study / Anna Cichosz, Tomasz Dobrogoszcz. - 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality, 2634-8772 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality. Cambridge elements. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
This volume traces the origins and earliest manifestations of gender bias in the English language. The analysis is based on a corpus of Old English prose texts, written between the ninth and the eleventh centuries. The results are interpreted in the historical, cultural and literary context of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Europe. The investigation shows a significant difference in the way women and men are presented in Old English texts, with the former clearly associated with family life, portrayed in the context of their physical appearance, marriage and childbearing, rarely involved in meaningful activities and presented as possessions of their male relatives. Situating the linguistic representations of women in the context of Christianity, the book demonstrates that late Old English can be seen as a vehicle of language bias that will establish male domination for centuries to come.
Specialized.
9781009625791 No price No price No price
10.1017/9781009625791 doi
English literature--Criticism, Textual.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Sex discrimination in literature.
Sexism in language.
Women in literature.
Corpora (Linguistics)
PR179.W65 / C5 2025
829.093522
Linguistic representations of women in Old English prose : a corpus-based phraseological study / Anna Cichosz, Tomasz Dobrogoszcz. - 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality, 2634-8772 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality. Cambridge elements. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
This volume traces the origins and earliest manifestations of gender bias in the English language. The analysis is based on a corpus of Old English prose texts, written between the ninth and the eleventh centuries. The results are interpreted in the historical, cultural and literary context of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Europe. The investigation shows a significant difference in the way women and men are presented in Old English texts, with the former clearly associated with family life, portrayed in the context of their physical appearance, marriage and childbearing, rarely involved in meaningful activities and presented as possessions of their male relatives. Situating the linguistic representations of women in the context of Christianity, the book demonstrates that late Old English can be seen as a vehicle of language bias that will establish male domination for centuries to come.
Specialized.
9781009625791 No price No price No price
10.1017/9781009625791 doi
English literature--Criticism, Textual.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Sex discrimination in literature.
Sexism in language.
Women in literature.
Corpora (Linguistics)
PR179.W65 / C5 2025
829.093522