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This contribution explores the use of the formal resources of English (third-person singular pronouns in anaphora, sex-sensitive collocations) for "assigned gender" in a corpus of letters written by settlers of the Great Plains of the United States in the last decades of the nineteenth century. The textual work is introduced by a discussion of significant theoretical aspects of the grammatical category of gender and of certain methodological issues - particularly "Units of Anaphoric Reference". Although assigned gender has been approached from a general perspective, particular attention has been paid to two specific usages: the feminine pronoun as an indicator of colloquial American English, and the neuter pronoun as a frequent (and possibly patterned) choice for nouns like baby or child.

English language --- Americanisms --- Germanic languages --- History --- Provincialisms --- Dialects --- Grammar, Historical --- E-books --- 802.0-024 --- 800:316 --- 802.0 <100> --- 800:316 Sociolinguistiek --- Sociolinguistiek --- 802.0 <100> Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw)