Publications

Publication details [#44449]

Winter, Joanne and Anne Pauwels. 2006. Gender Inclusivity or ‘Grammar Rules OK’? Linguistic Prescriptivism vs Linguistic Discrimination in the Classroom. Language & Education 20 (2) : 128–140.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | gender | generic masculine | pronoun | teacher

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article examines the potential conflict faced by classroom teachers in their dual roles as ‘grammar guardians' and 'social language reform agents' with reference to English third person singular generic pronouns.