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Pronouns: Now it's personal
Manage episode 363591778 series 3424318
Does English offer an ungendered third-person singular, and if so, who uses it? Everyone and their mother, as it turns out—going all the way back to the Middle Ages. Yinz gotta hear this one.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach
Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.
Kapitel
1. Pronouns: Now it's personal (00:00:00)
2. Pronouns and agreement (00:01:21)
3. Pronoun case: Subjects, objects, and prepositions (00:07:50)
4. Pronouns with verbs (00:08:58)
5. The nominative case and ‘be’ verbs (00:10:35)
6. Meaning-dependent constructions and the comparative (00:14:49)
7. Personal pronouns: A history (00:17:57)
8. Alternatives to ‘they’ (00:33:41)
9. James IV and medieval Scottish pediatrics (00:41:52)
10. Track changes: Agreement and a potential subjunctive (00:44:57)
11. Mrs Laws and Howard Ashman (00:50:23)
36 Episoden
Manage episode 363591778 series 3424318
Does English offer an ungendered third-person singular, and if so, who uses it? Everyone and their mother, as it turns out—going all the way back to the Middle Ages. Yinz gotta hear this one.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach
Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.
Kapitel
1. Pronouns: Now it's personal (00:00:00)
2. Pronouns and agreement (00:01:21)
3. Pronoun case: Subjects, objects, and prepositions (00:07:50)
4. Pronouns with verbs (00:08:58)
5. The nominative case and ‘be’ verbs (00:10:35)
6. Meaning-dependent constructions and the comparative (00:14:49)
7. Personal pronouns: A history (00:17:57)
8. Alternatives to ‘they’ (00:33:41)
9. James IV and medieval Scottish pediatrics (00:41:52)
10. Track changes: Agreement and a potential subjunctive (00:44:57)
11. Mrs Laws and Howard Ashman (00:50:23)
36 Episoden
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