Referenced linguist is a woman

By TAMARAH COHEN

Osaka

The article "Be careful not to bend your gender in Japanese" cites linguist Orie Endo at one point, stating that "he" compared two literary works, one from 1813 and the other from 1909. Orie Endo is a woman.

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