Linguistic representations of women in Old English prose : a corpus-based phraseological study / Anna Cichosz, Tomasz Dobrogoszcz.
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TextSeries: Cambridge elements. Elements in language, gender and sexuality. | Cambridge elementsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025Description: 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s)Content type: - text
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- 9781009625791
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- PR179.W65 C5 2025
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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.
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