Dutch is a peculiar language in that certain nouns have more than one gender. This first academic study of double gender nouns (DGNs) in the Dutch language investigates this anomaly. First assigned a lexicological classification, the DGNs are then analysed contextually by means of a corpus study. DGNs are shown to be part of a generalized restructuring of Dutch gender as a whole. No longer a fringe phenomenon in the Dutch gender system, this study shows them to be catalysts in the transition towards a (more) semantic system, a process that is much more advanced than commonly assumed.
| Autorius: | Chiara Semplicini |
| Serija: | Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics |
| Leidėjas: | Peter Lang |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2016 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 426 |
| ISBN-10: | 3034309279 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783034309271 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Historical and comparative linguistics |
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