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Some grammatical rules are more difficult than others: The case of the generic interpretation of the masculine.

Gygax, Pascal ; Gabriel, Ute ; Sarrasin, Oriane ; Garnham, Alan ; Oakhill, Jane

In this paper we argue that the generic use of the masculine represents a grammatical rule that might be easy to learn but difficult to apply when understanding texts. This argument is substantiated by reviewing the relevant literature as well as the recent work conducted by the GREL Group (Gender Representation in Language) on the interaction between stereotypical and grammatical information in...