Lexical Expression of Gender in English

Abstract

The gender category in English is less important than in other languages. The gender category is manifested in the gender of the referent and in the matching of objects mainly with rhymes. “These are, first of all, personal pronouns (he, she, it), possessive (his, her, its) and personal (himself, himself, himself) pronouns, or their substitutes. Pronouns correspond to the sex of the creatures, or represent convincing objects.