Gender in Pronouns
Harry W. Jones
hjbluebird at aol.com
Mon Jun 10 08:33:13 EDT 2002
Dear Carl,
Well I guess we learn something new every day.
I appreciate your help Carl as well as the help of Mark Wilson and
Danny Dixon on this question.
Best Regards to All,
Harry Jones
> At 10:14 PM -0400 6/9/02, Harry W. Jones wrote:
> >Dear Carl,
> >
> >I think I understand what you are saying. That is, that the
> >context determines whither a pronoun is translated in a
> >biological sense and that the gender of the pronoun has nothing
> >to do with it. Am I correct?
>
> (1) Right: the gender of the pronoun bears no necessary relationship to
> biological gender; the grammatical gender of a pronoun, adjective or
> participle is determined by the grammatical gender of the noun upon which
> it depends.
> (2) Context may justify a translator in indicating biological gender in
> translation where the referent is clearly a male or female person or animal.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> Most months:: 1647 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu OR cwconrad at ioa.com
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