grammatical gender system

[Sally McConnell-Ginet]

Yes, Kira's stuff is very helpful here.  Relevant 
also is the book (Oxford Univ Press, 2001) by 
Anna Livia, Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of 
Linguistic Gender.  Though it focuses on 
literature, it has a lot of useful and 
enlightening discussion that could be helpful to 
you.

>You might check out Kira Hall's work, if you haven't. I know this one
>talks about grammatical gender use:
>
>  Hall, Kira, & Veronica O'Donovan (1996).  Shifting Gender Positions Among
>Hindi-speaking Hijras.  In Victoria Bergvall, Janet Bing, & Alice Freed
>(eds.),  Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice.
>London: Longman. 228-266.
>
>SFK
>
>On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 at 10:40pm, the following was 
>brought forth by Rodrigo Borba:
>
>>  Hey, guys, does anyone have suggestions about literature on the
>>  manupulation the the grammatical gender system? I've been involved with
>>  a research among Travestis in southern Brazil and I discovered that
>>  their particular use of the grammatical system in Bazilian Portuguese
>>  might be really worth taking a look at.
>>
>>  Rodrigo
>>  "Ousar È perder o equilÌbrio por um instante, 
>>mas n“o ousar È perder-se em si mesmo."
>>
>>  Kiergaard
>>
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