One Word, Two Genders

Categorization and Agreement in Dutch Double Gender Nouns

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, German, Language Arts, Grammar, Linguistics
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Author: Chiara Semplicini ISBN: 9783035398977
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: May 9, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Chiara Semplicini
ISBN: 9783035398977
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: May 9, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

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.

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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.

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