Language Variations: Spender Flashcards
1
Q
What did Spender argue?
A
Language is man-made
2
Q
What pronoun is used to refer to people if you do not know their gender?
A
“He”
3
Q
What did Spender say had resulted in Language being man-made?
A
All of the Grammarians and Dictionary writers were men, and they wrote the rules of language use
