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1. Pronominal Gender in English

   A Study of English Varieties from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

   By Peter Siemund

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   This book investigates the use of English third person pronouns (he, she, it) across different varieties of English, where we frequently find he and she used for inanimate objects (the tree – he, the house – he, the bucket – he, but the water – it). It is the first book-length study of this subject...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Intensifiers in English and German

   A Comparison

   Edited by Peter Siemund

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   This book deals with expressions like English myself, yourself, himself and so on, and German selbst from a perspective of language comparison. It is the first book-length study of intensifiers ever written. The study investigates the syntax and semantics of these expressions and provides a...

   Published November 24th 1999 by Routledge