One word, two genders: categorization and agreement in dutch double gender nouns
Auteur :
Semplicini, Chiara
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN :
9783034309271
Date de publication :
26 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,0 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This first academic study of double gender nouns (DGNs) in the Dutch language investigates why certain nouns have more than one gender. DGNs are shown to be part of a generalized restructuring of Dutch gender as a whole, and this study shows them to be catalysts in the transition towards a (more) semantic system.