NORMA SHOLIKAH, 120912112 (2013) THE USE OF DUAL GENDER PERSONAL PRONOUNS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (LDOAE) AND LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH (LDOCE). Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA.

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Abstract

A number of studies show that there are various strategies for dealing with gender neutrality. This research aims at discovering the use of dual gender personal pronouns in two dictionaries from two major varieties of English: Longman Dictionary of American English (LDOAE) 4th Edition and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) 5th Edition. In this case, LDOAE represents American English and LDOCE represents British English. The researcher takes an interest in personal pronouns because we commonly use them in English communication. The data in this research were obtained through the use of electronic version of both dictionaries. The researcher takes the personal pronouns in LDOAE (s/he and him or her) as the basic data for comparison and describes their relation to LDOCE. The results show that the use of masculine and feminine pronouns is highly favored in LDOAE. In contrast, singular they is highly preferred in LDOCE. Furthermore, LDOCE also applies more varied strategies for dealing with gender neutrality, such as the use of generic you and he or she. There are several causes of differences between LDOAE and LDOCE in using dual gender personal pronouns, such as the attitude towards the prohibition of singular they and the influence of normative grammarians.

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