The Acquisition of Gender A Study of English and German

This study of gender was conceived when I first took up the position of lecturer in linguistics at the University of Tiibingen in 1975. My particular in­ terest in gender arose out of the work with German children and adults con­ ducted in the context of

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Anne E. Mills

The Acquisition of Gender A Study of English and German

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Dr. ANNE E. MILLS Department of Language Studies College of Ripon and York St. John Lord Mayor's Walk York, Great Britain Series Editor Professor Dr. WILLEM J. M. LEVELT Max-Planck-Institut fUr Psycholinguistik Wundtlaan 1 6525 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands

ISBN -13 :978-3-642-71364-4 e- ISBN -13 :978-3-642-71362-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-71362-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Mills, Anne E. The acquisition of gender. (Springer series in language and communication; 20) Bibliography: p. I. German language-Gender. 2. English language-Gender. 3. German language-Acquisition. 4. English language-Acquisition. 5. German language-Grammar, Comparative-English. 6. English language-Grammar, Comparative-German. 1. Language acquisition. 8. Children-Language. I. Title. II. Series. PF321l.M5 1986 435 86-13945 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law, where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwer