Hindi. “Unnatural” gender in Hindi Chapter uri icon

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abstract

  • 1.Introduction; ; ; 2. Gender in the Hindi language system; ; 2.1 Grammatical gender: Assignment and agreement; ; 2.2 Generic masculines; ; 2.3 Gender reversal: Terms of endearment and insult; ; ; 3. Uses of the gender system by Hindi-speaking hijras; ; 3.1 Language in hijra socialization; ; 3.2 The exploitation of grammatical gender in everyday hijra; ; conversation; ; 3.3 The use of masculine self-reference; ; ; 4. Conclusions; ; ; Appendix; ; Notes; ; References;

publication date

  • April 10, 2002

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  • closed

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  • December 25, 2024 10:54 AM

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  • Hall K

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  • 1

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International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

  • 9789027218421

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 133

end page

  • 162