Dennis Baron professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, has long been a national commentator on language issues, from the Washington Post to NPR and CNN. A recent Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in Champaign, Illinois.
"Dennis Baron’s What’s Your Pronoun? is a delightful account of the
search for what Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at
the University of Illinois, calls ‘the missing word’: a third
person singular, gender-neutral pronoun."
*Amia Srinivasan - London Review of Books*
"Dennis Baron has spent years researching the quest for a
gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun in English. Lively,
accessible and full of fascinating details, What’s Your Pronoun?
will appeal to anyone with an interest in linguistic and cultural
history."
*Deborah Cameron, Worcester College, University of Oxford*
"Into the breach comes a useful corrective in the form of Dennis
Baron's well-timed new book, "What's Your Pronoun?""
*The Economist*
"A scrupulous and absorbing survey. Its great virtue is to show
that these issues are nothing new… This scholarly assiduousness,
though, also makes him the ideal pilot through these contentious
political-linguistic waters. If you want to know why more people
are asking ‘what’s your pronoun?’ then you (singular or plural)
should read this book."
*Joe Moran - The New York Times Book Review*
"In this learned and entertaining book, Dennis Baron provides vital
historical context to today's impassioned debates over
gender-neutral and non-binary pronouns... Baron knows what he's
talking about and provides a much-needed dose of scholarship
leavened with good sense in the language wars. The book is timely,
for pronouns are suddenly politically sexy."
*The Times*
"His [Dennis Baron's] new book, What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He and
She is a meticulous, consummate dissection of the pronoun
wars..."
*Attitude*
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