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Through the 1920s, Chinese intellectuals and writers were in a ferment over pronouns. Was it pro-feminist or anti-feminist to have a distinct written form for a third-person female pronoun? Opinions differed widely.
There's even a whole scholarly book about this.
www.routledge.com/A-Cultural-H...
There's even a whole scholarly book about this.
www.routledge.com/A-Cultural-H...
A Cultural History of the Chinese Character “Ta (她, She)”: Invention and Adoption of a New Feminine Pronoun
This book offers a thorough examination of the history of a Chinese female pronoun – the Chinese character
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November 25, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Through the 1920s, Chinese intellectuals and writers were in a ferment over pronouns. Was it pro-feminist or anti-feminist to have a distinct written form for a third-person female pronoun? Opinions differed widely.
There's even a whole scholarly book about this.
www.routledge.com/A-Cultural-H...
There's even a whole scholarly book about this.
www.routledge.com/A-Cultural-H...