Gender

Zusammenfassung Gender is a fascinating category! central and pervasive in some languages and totally absent in others. In this new! comprehensive account of gender systems! over 200 languages are discussed! from English and Russian to Archi and Chichewa. Detailed analysis of individual languages provides clear illustrations of specific types of system. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Gender assignment I: semantic systems; 3. Gender assignment II: formal systems; 4. The psycholinguistic status of gender assignment; 5. Gender agreement; 6. Establishing the number of genders; 7. Target genders: syncretism and enforced gender forms; 8. Hybrid nouns and the agreement hierarchy; 9. Gender resolution rules; 10. Generalisations and prospects; References; Author index; Language index; Subject index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Greville G. Corbett, Corbett Greville G.
• Mitarbeit: S. R. Anderson (Herausgeber), J. Bresnan (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.04.1991
• EAN: 9780521329392
• ISBN: 978-0-521-32939-2
• Seiten: 384
• Serien: Landmarks of World Literature; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Linguistics, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General