23 January 2015

à Beckett on how gender works in French

Australian academic Margaret à Beckett has published a book entitled Gender assignment and word-final pronunciation in French: Two classification systems explaining her theory of gender assignment.

In an article entitled French gender: It’s not (all) about sex in the 11 April 2015 issue of Inside Story, or IS, a blog offering current affairs & culture from Australia and beyond, à Beckett summarises her radical new explanation of how gender works in French.

Margaret à Beckett is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University. Gender assignment and word-final pronunciation in French: Two classification systems is published by Lincom GmbH.

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