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''The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing: For writers, editors, and speakers'' was first published in 1980 by Casey Miller and Kate Swift.〔Miller, Casey, and Kate Swift. The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing: For writers, editors and speakers (2nd ed.). New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1980 (1988).〕 It was the second book produced by the two in an effort to raise awareness of issues concerning gender in the English language. == "''Man'' as a False Generic" == The first section of the handboook is entitled "''Man'' as a False Generic." False generics are defined as "terms used of a class or group that are not applicable to all its members."〔Miller and Swift, p. 11〕 A brief history of the subject describes the origin of 'man' to mean "person" or "human being," but observes that this broad definition of 'man' was becoming questionable in the 1980s. "Because gender in modern English corresponds to sex or its absence, native speakers of the language increasingly sense the same contradiction in calling women 'men' that they would feel in calling girls 'boy's or daughters 'sons.'"〔Miller and Swift, p. 14〕 They give the following as an example for where the generic use of 'man' is not applicable: "One author, ostensibly generalizing about all human beings, wrote: 'As for man, he is no different from the rest. His back aches, he ruptures easily, his women have difficulties in childbirth...' If ''man'' and ''he'' were truly generic, the parallel phrase would have been "he has difficulties in childbirth."〔Miller and Swift, p. 15〕 Swift and Miller offer a list of substitute titles for words including man such as 'salesman' or 'fisherman.' They also suggest using synonyms for words that refer to gender, such as 'man the station,' and so on. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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