What is it about?
Epicene pronouns are pronouns that refer to individuals of any gender. This study examines how epicene pronouns are used in academic English writing, investigating data from the 1970s until the 2010s. The writers are university students of English language and literature.
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Previous studies have focused almost exclusively on the use of gender-inclusive language in native English. This study extends the scope to include English as a foreign language.
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This page is a summary of: Language change in L2 academic writing: The case of epicene pronouns, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, March 2019, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.02.001.
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