They’ in Australian English
Non-Gender-Specific or Specifically Non-Gendered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12059302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tania E Strahan (La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-29 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0726-8602 • E-ISSN: 1469-2996 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07268600701877473 |
| OpenAlex | W2077289876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
‘They’ is a candidate for a generic, non-sexist third person singular pronoun, and is used by many speakers of Australian English. An analysis of first year university essays shows that ‘they’ is used not only as a generic pronoun, but also in other cases when the gender of the referent is simply not relevant at that point. This includes cases where the speaker is very clear about the referent's gender, including instances where the gender of the referent has already been revealed
Linguistics · Personal pronoun · Point (geometry · Pronoun · Referent · Sociology · Third person · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
Introducing a gender-neutral pronoun in a natural gender language
Gender voices in Chinese university students’ English writing
Non-sexist Language Policy and the Rise (and Fall?) of Combined Pronouns in British and American Written English
Using the third-person singular pronoun they in academic writing
Current usage of epicene pronouns in ESL writing
Gender identity and nonbinary pronoun use
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |